Adaptation of a poem written by Thomas Hood.
Diogo Alves is a Spanish fugitive that comes to the Portuguese capital terrorizing the inhabitants by his cut-throat methods against rich and poor people alike. He attacks the women launderers on the Lisbon Aqueduct and throws the bodies over the high wall, and assaults homes with his large band of criminals. Eventually arrested, he, his female companion and his henchmen are condemned to death by the court.
Agustín and Juan are going to meet up with a guy they met online to buy his bike. While they wait for him, they discuss their girlfriends' periods.
A poignant exploration of one man’s journey to break the violent chains of intergenerational trauma.
Suzanne
A mermaid is asked to use her gift of persuasion to help a woman forget the pain of her son's death after he was killed by a police officer.
A susceptible teenager, in trying to escape the tumult of his home, drowns himself in alcohol, drugs, and parties. Based on a true story.
Tommy (20), works as a builder in the house of Saulo (50), a composer. Tommy feels attracted to Saulo and seeks any pretext to get close to him. Nevertheless, there is no contact between the two men beyond the exchange of sounds, words and glances. One morning, Tommy arrives at the house and and finds Saulo dead. Tommy agrees to dress the corpse in order to touch the body at least this once.
Yeda, the green-faced woman, sells homemade bread to support the house where she lives with her sick husband. Through the context of green-faced people, we know the reality of those who live on the fringes of a purple-faced society.
Pari, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of becoming a pilot while growing up in a society that doesn’t allow her to dream.
2031. Climate change has been faster than expected. On the canopy of an island submerged by rising waters, a team of young scientists collects seeds and insects in the hope of saving what can be saved... Between sky and ocean, at the edge of treetops and skin, they evoke the world of yesterday... and that of tomorrow.
Following a young man as he navigates his way through an essay, slowly finding that the subject matter is becoming a part of his life that he can’t shake off.
La cena
A bigoted Chinese grandfather having to look after his biracial grandson at the onset of a global pandemic lockdown
Lebanon. Summer 2010. War is looming. Zeina and Toufic have been together for several years; but Toufic is preparing to leave the country...
Follows a freshly-engaged Amar who goes on a trip to London and falls heads-over-heels with Prem, a handsome man whose charm threatens to put Amar's marriage in danger.
Having just moved to Amsterdam, Lou prepares her new apartment that she will share with her partner, Joel. For now though, Joel is on a trip with an intimate other. Confronted with the complexities of her non-monogamous relationship, Lou shifts her gaze to the rhythms of her new city.
Isolated in rural England, a teenage girl is forced to confront the recent death of her mother.
Ricardo is a teenager searching for a way out of a ruthless reality that traps him and everyone around him, preventing them from reaching for the stars.