Três Realizadoras Portuguesas

Racismo: Uma Descolonização Em Curso

Fernando Lemos, a Portuguese surrealist artist, fled from dictatorship to Brazil in 1952 searching for something better. The movie follows the last moments of his journey and the struggle for the preservation of his legacy, trying to fulfill his last great desire: to be a good dead man.

Poet, agricultural engineer and revolutionary Amílcar Cabral was born in Guinea-Bissau to Cape Verdean parents. After studying in Portugal, he emerged as the charismatic leader of the anti-colonial struggle against Portuguese rule. With his utopian ideas, he sparked a cultural and an armed uprising that went on to inspire other African liberation movements.

Baptismo de Terra

Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad.

Documentary short film on the city of Évora, Portugal. Usually regarded as the first film of the Portuguese New Wave.

All the stories told, all the memories, dreams and lost moments were left in a tank from other generations.

100 years ago an event happened that changed the world. Upwards of 70,000 were gathered in the little village of Fatima, Portugal. They were told, by an apparition that had appeared to three children—what many believed to be Mary of the Bible—that a miracle would occur. Something happened on October 13, 1917 and thousands of people witnessed it… It was called, The Miracle of the Sun.

A REVOLUCIÓN (É) PROBABLE

Graça Morais – As Escolhidas

Lost in the Atlantic, the Azores have kept an identity of their own: sea and volcanic mountains, lush vegetation and fields of black lava, a light that changes from one moment to the next. Teresa Salgueiro, the singer of Madredeus, and Pedro Ayres Magalhães, the composer, travel from island to island and find the mixed origins of their music, traces of an imaginary Portugal: traditions that have vanished on the mainland live on here. A landscape, the words of an old man, a village feast call up their songs. Teresa’s voice, with a single guitar, rises on the shore of a still lake. “Madredeus is an isolated case,” says Pedro, “a little like the Azores, lost in the ocean.”

A small group of people is in a music festival on an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. In "Fear and Loathing and Party in Las Ponta Delgada", we experience the happiness and insanity behind one of the most unique festivals in the world.

About the Portuguese author José Saramago, based on a long interview with the writer at his home on the island of Lanzarote, in which he analyzes his work and shares his reflection on some aspects of his personal life.

Synthesis of the first 110 years of the history of Portuguese cinema, made almost exclusively with archive material from the series of eight episodes History of Portuguese Cinema, produced by Pedro Efe in 1998, and combining excerpts from films with testimonies from some of the most prominent actors of the same story. It is attempted to relate it chronologically, and in spite of certain gaps, in an accessible, concise and didactic way.

Following a winding 96 km route, the Vouga line emerged in 1908 with the promise of boosting the region's economic development. 100 years later, the "Vale das Voltas Line" has lost most of its former magic. Currently, it is the last Brazilian narrow-gauge railway line. We embark on a journey from the past to the present, where, little by little, the Vouguinha is being reborn. Driven by tourism, steam power, and the strengthening of the train's role in sustainable mobility, what will be the next stop?

Francisco Esteves, an elevator technician, lives between routine and a quiet passion for art. Inspired by the music of The Doors, he reflects on the paths not taken and the dreams that still drive him, in a constant search for meaning and freedom.

Porto - Eine Stadt erfindet sich neu

A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors.

A Aldeia mais Portuguesa de Portugal

An intimate glimpse into 3 years of serene moments, compiling video, polaroids and other things that were lying around when editing.