In the 1950s, the Santo Inácio Re-education Centre is ruled by a woman who subjects supposedly troubled young people to cruel discipline. Decades later, a group of students enters the…

Set in 2025, five centuries after the sentencing of death of Gilles de Rais. A young couple discovers the case while isolated from the world. Like their contemporaries, they wonder…

Saura, Filipe, João, Beatriz, Rita, and Marchana have a language of their own, shaped by the growing pains of childhood and the uncertainties of adult life. During the summer, Saura…

Lisbon’s traditional Saint Anthony’s Weddings have hit rock bottom. At least, that’s what Stardust, a major French multinational poised to take over the event, believes. Carmo and Valentim, two Lisbon…

Joaquim is released early from prison after sixteen years. Hiding it from his family, he takes on a dangerous job as a boatman ferrying illegal clam-pickers out into the river…

A summer heat wave sweeps Lisbon. 12-year-old Alex witnesses his best friend being attacked, but an intimate secret keeps him from talking about what happened.

In a tradition dating back to the dawn of humanity, Costa da Caparica was born through the Arte-Xávega. Today, a community of fishermen adapts this fishing technique to the modern…