Amateur

Carlos Carreto, photographer, and María Fernández, painter, join forces to bring forth the exhibition “Océano Negro”. A brief journey not only through their work, but also within themselves. An excuse to talk about water in all its forms and provocations. Rain, clouds, reflections, distortion... everything is water to be shaped with the gaze.

Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad.

A date that will remain in Portuguese football history forever – July 10, 2016, the day Portugal became European champions.

A behind-the-scenes look at "Viagens", one of the greatest portuguese records of the 1990s, in the year of its 20th anniversary.

The young Portuguese artist Rafa. is facing a turning point in his career, composing, recording and balancing roots and ambitions as he prepares to leave for Leeds and finalize his first EP.

A group of elders spends their weekdays in a retirement home in Sandim, in the north of Portugal, where they talk, do arts and crafts, practice yoga and pray. We follow them between October 2012 and March 2013, when an economic crisis overshadowed Portuguese society and unemployment rates reached record levels. Meanwhile, arrangements are made for the Carnival ball. Will they bring the first place home this time?

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

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.

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.

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

The film follows Tarcísio Amaro, a retired miner living in the vicinity of Serra da Estrela, interweaving thoughts on the past and the present, and looking at the decline of rural life in the deserted Portuguese hinterland.

RefleXions

A box with a 1992 VHS and some film slides from a friends trip to Sri Lanka.

Documentary about the photo session for the photobook "Castella", filmed in Portugal.

Follow reporter Francesco Croquete Margharette on his comical journey through the world of photography.

"The Lurking Fear" interviews Portuguese citizens whose lives where hit by the torture of its fascist political police.

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

PARA SEMPRE FÍSICA

To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see what they have to offer.

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