Benjamin is trying to raise money through informal exchanges so that he can organize his son’s overdue birthday. Filimone is visiting his family between war missions, trying to be present…
Joana, a film director with an identity and career crisis, is wrapping up a documentary about Sandra, the clientless touristic guide of a very untouristic walking trail.
Miguel is 9 years old and obsessed with singer Mariah Carey. He goes to a Catholic school and one day his class is challenged by the nuns to sell calendars…
Early Spring. A sonata, a train, a letter. Between his work as a flute teacher and the rituals of mourning the early death of his wife, Samuel faces a dilemma…
Olívia, Marta, and Carlota are three friends leading normal lives, until a moment of panic changes everything: an unexpected confrontation with Jaime, Olívia’s ex-boyfriend, ends tragically when he dies accidentally….
Balane 3 is a neighbourhood in Inhambane. Inhambane is a city in Mozambique. Mozambique is a country in Africa. Africa is not just what you see on TV. In other…
Two filmmakers must set aside their history to film a crucial scene. Egos clash and tensions rise as everything unravels before day’s end. A film that could only have been…
The story of an elderly couple who, despite the fragility of life, find a precious refuge in their everyday conversations. Amid laughter and tears, flashbacks transport them to unforgettable moments…
This fictional documentary traces a poetic cartography based on the journey of a theater group to São Miguel, Natália Correia’s birthplace, and Lisbon, where she lived most of her life….
Judite is a woman of faith, dedicated to her work as a sacristan and to caring for her bedridden husband. When his health worsens, she feels abandoned by both her…
Amid dynamics of power, desire, and seduction, Ofélia follows two teenagers who discover their mutual attraction on the threshold between adolescence and adulthood, while simultaneously seeking to define their identity…
It’s springtime in Lisbon and Nicolau turns 24, but he’s not celebrating. Living in his parents’ house, hostage to a dream of being a musician that never comes true and…
In June 2001, hundreds of kilos of cocaine washed up in a Portuguese village. This gripping documentary reveals the long-lasting impact on the community.
A renowned symbol of Portuguese interventionist theatre, Cornucópia emerged from the darkness of fascism to fight dictatorship on stage. Among the classics, a project is born and dies, but one…
Artur is an actor in decline preparing for an audition that will determine his career. Throughout the process, he finds an escape in his fleeting relationships on Tinder.
The film tells us how university vacations changed our protagonist’s life. The vacations took him home, as they did every year, but that year he was overcome by the vertigo…
A story of love and deception, set against a backdrop marked by the actions of the political police under the Salazar dictatorship, censorship, persecution, and imprisonment, and the student revolt…
In this love story, a young couple faces an uncertain future between Africa and Europe. When they reunite in Lisbon, sharing a house with other immigrants, farness and closeness will…
A TV movie inspired by the work of renowned writer Luísa Costa Gomes. The story of Maria do Carmo, a successful woman in advertising and communications, with a carefully constructed…
In the town of Entroncamento, violence, misfortune, greed, and loyalty rule the streets. Laura arrives there to rebuild her life, but the irresistible pull of quick money and crime immediately…
When the hotel where workaholic Catarina works is sold, she needs to show her skills to manage unprofessional staff, look after eccentric guests and deal with ghosts from the past,…
Maria Vitória lives in a remote village in the Portuguese mountains and plays football on the local boys youth team. Determined to become a professional, she devotes all her free…
July 1956. Álvaro Cunhal arrives at Peniche Fort and is placed in the most modern and secure prison wing, considered escape-proof. Despite the tight control exercised over the prisoners, Álvaro…
Bernardo invites his mistress to his lovely house in the country, intending to spoil her for her birthday. His wife Joana, who is initially supposed to visit her mother, decides…
A reserved student joins a radical organization in early 1980s Portugal and is shot and lynched following a bank robbery, while a filmmaker leaves the group to pursue guerrilla-style cinema.
António, an absentee father, is in charge of feeding his daughter’s old cat while she’s on vacation. When the cat doesn’t show up, António convinces himself that something bad might’ve…
Carta a Uma Jovem Escritora is a reflection on memory and forgetting, presented through five striking portraits of five Portuguese women writers: Olga Gonçalves, Graça Pina de Morais, Maria Cecília…
Maria Joana navigates the discoveries and transformations of adolescence. She experiences her first night of freedom and independence at the local Saint John’s street celebration, testing her limits and confronting…
In a Portuguese apartment building, two couples share the same structure, yet live in entirely different universes. Iara and Lusa, a Brazilian couple, face the silence and strain of a…
In the north of medieval Portugal, the beautiful Ana falls in love with Thomas, a poor artisan. Her father immediately forbids their union, demanding that his daughter’s suitors produce a…
This one-episode documentary revisits the legal and media battle between comedian Joana Marques and the duo Anjos. Through archival footage and testimonials from public figures, it reflects on the limits…
