Escola das Artes - Universidade Católica

A medieval tale about a soldier and his responsibility in announcing the tragic death of the King in combat.

In an empty house, we see the memories of a home, from those who once lived and filled it with joy and love.

To produce speech, a set of mechanisms must be brought together. What is the normal articulation for speech? How to produce the sounds that make it up in the correct way? A physiological analysis of the aspects of speech shows us how: the jaw must move in a certain way; the air must be expelled from the lungs in another. Based on the concepts stated in the film "Normal Speech Articulation" (1965), produced by the University of Iowa (USA), we intend to reflect on the way women have been represented, and consequently educated, over the years, both in film and in the media. Largely composed of archival footage, this film intends to make evident, through a montage inspired by Structuralist movements, the violence of this education.

A November day in Porto, in a square where skaters jump up a flight of stairs. Three characters share a moment, which is divided into three subjective shots and which, without dialogue, are intended to characterize them emotionally. The idea of shared love is called into question.

We are in the year 2043 and our existence is immersed in a sea of apathy. A reflexion about our evolution as humans.

In an old discotheque in Porto, about to close, Fátima and Vidal meet for what could be their last dance.

Pedro is a young man, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, but one day, he wakes up feeling different.

Short animation film about the fear of singing in public

This film is about entering the flow of the scream and seeing its color.

In a remote rural area, a woman on the run has a supernatural encounter surrounded by enigmatic sounds. As she immerses herself in that reality, she is confronted with unexpected phenomena that her rational mind cannot understand.

Alex, in his neighbourhood, learned to grow up by his own will. His father drives a cab, but today he is sick and is not going to work. Alex leaves home with his father's car and drives to his school, looking for his friend Rafa. Today is a different day.

Teresa is a surfer who lives a full love life until the day when, using an app that allows surfers to analyze the state of the sea in real-time, she realizes that something strange is happening on the beach. Intrigued by what she sees in the images, Teresa is faced with a decision that has been on hold for too long. At the same time, she realizes how she might not accept for others what she claims for herself…

Rafa senses an eminent farewell, remembering bygone places, encounters and fleeting connections.

The daily life of a couple that subsists through the increasingly extinct pastoral art in a remote area of the Portuguese interior.

A young man writing a motivation letter for a new job is interrupted by a longtime friend who appears with bizarre intentions.

Fontelonga is a village of Trás-os-Montes, in the interior of Portugal. A mirror of exile in the eyes of their own people. A reflexion where memory is the last object of beauty and redemption.

In a rural periphery in the midst of transformation, agricultural machines devastate the fields and the places are haunted by an eternal gloom. Out of the flames, the bells are reborn, invoking the presence of the community.

A group of boys shatters the matriarchal memory of an old bedroom. In the face of impending danger, the older boys vie for leadership. As the evening progresses, they turn to violence. Chico, the young misfit, finds a tragic portent of desire.

Andreia's arrival disturbs Ana and João's relationship and awakens dormant desires.

Everyone remembers well that night of the burning pigs. José was born the morning after, and some say that he came from that fire, and became man out of the pigs. When his mother dies, José leaves the village for the first time, in search of something more.