Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes

Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes 2019

6.90

The economic crisis, a teddy bear with suicidal tendencies named Judy Garland, the Discovery Channel, a black panther and the Russian playwright Anton Tchekhov are all part of the heroic adventure of a little girl who has a problem to solve.

2019

Macabre

Macabre 2015

5.10

K just crashed his Mercedes-Benz into a tree, moments after trying to avoid running down a small wild animal that ran across his path. He is on a backwater road in the countryside and it’s a very dark night. His evening has only just begun...

2015

Wolf Child

Wolf Child 2022

1

In a terrifying Portuguese village, there is a legend. The legend of the wolf child. Desired and born on a full moon night, it all started when a young peasant girl, desperate for a child, asked a creature of the forest for a wish. The desire? A child she could call hers. But the forest creature curses the woman. When grow up, the child will bring teeth and blood to the village. Years pass, the child becomes a man, tormented and persecuted by the villagers, torn between his animalistic nature and a friendship with a young witch. The boy has to find out who, or what, he is. Together, the wolf child and the witch will try to break the curse and find their place in the world. 16 years after "Coisa Ruim", Frederico Serra returns to the legends and traditions of deep Portugal.

2022

An Avocado Pit

An Avocado Pit 2022

6.00

Larissa, a trans woman and Cláudio, a cis man, meet one night, in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light. In challenge, in surprise, in awe and in recognition. An empowering story, free from violence and filled with light and hope for the better days yet to come.

2022

Immaculate

Immaculate 2013

1

A man lives isolated in his grandmother's country-house in an attempt to recover from a tragic event involving his family. His lonely and silent days are spent with an unnameable hope.

2013

Arcana

Arcana 2015

4.50

Locked away in a dungeon, an heretic prepares a witchcraft to escape.

2015

Dédalo

Dédalo 2013

6.50

Trapped inside the Space Freighter/Refinery Dédalo, Siena tries to survive an infestation of diabolic creatures.

2013

Vortex

Vortex 2022

1

After another night at work, Paulo can't park his car and drive home.

2022

Coro dos Amantes

Coro dos Amantes 2014

6.30

Chorus is film about death, absence and how close they are to us. Based on a theater play by Tiago Rodrigues.

2014

Bloody Night

Bloody Night 2010

7.00

A group of soldiers are sentenced for the murders of key political figures in the night of October 19th, 1921, in the streets of Lisbon. But the names of the conspirators remain unknown. Berta Maia, a widow of the 1910 revolution hero Carlos da Maia, will fight for the truth…

2010

Cure #1

Cure #1 2023

1

A study of women in the modern world, a regeneration of what it means to "be a woman", what it means to be the source of life, what it means to be this magical element that generates other beings and changes mood according to the position of the moon.

2023

September

September 2020

1

With the Tagus River serving as both backdrop and leitmotif, “Setembro” is an animated short film about a genuine Lisbon. As the narrative progresses, the city full of colors, traditions and voices quickly gives way to gentrified spaces and foreign tourists’ voices, which now overlap the locals’, turning Lisbon into a new place. With no space for its former intimacy, the city transforms itself, a process that moves it ever further from its residents

2020

Triple A

Triple A 2015

1

A mockumentary with an actual documentary inside, tells the unusual story of Artist António André's (Triple A). With Arcos de Valdevez, a portuguese northern village, as background, it questions the relevance of art in our time.

2015

In the Dark

In the Dark 2009

1

Once there was a boy who was afraid of the dark. One day, while playing on an abandoned factory's roof, he let a valuable belonging fall through a gap between the tiles. Going into the factory means facing his phobia and, inside, a beast's gaze awaits.

2009