Black Feather 2024
After the death of his mother, Carlos returns to his childhood home. During a long night, Carlos is confronted with the many neighbors of his hometown, who will try to test him and lead him to madness.
After the death of his mother, Carlos returns to his childhood home. During a long night, Carlos is confronted with the many neighbors of his hometown, who will try to test him and lead him to madness.
José is a young boxer who trains at the gym run by his father, Carlos.
An inactive swim coach follows an enigmatic blind man who will help her overcome a past that haunts her and prevents her from practicing her profession.
Rafael is a 20 year old who lives in the past, remembering it through old recordings.
Marco is a 16-year-old who plays tennis daily as a way of sheltering his helplessness towards his father's depression.
After sinking, Carlos turns up at the coast along with his colleagues. In a struggle for life already lost, Carlos tries to seek salvation by accepting death leaving his family behind.
A two parts making of documentary, following José Augusto Silva and his film crew during the shooting of a university short film called Castelo.
Pérola (39 years), a female lawyer, return to Angola, for her younger sister´s “Alambamento” (traditional Angolan ceremony where dowries and promises are exchanged between a couple) more than 20 years living abroad. On coming back, she realises that she does not fit in that environment anymore. The world that saw her come to life is now uncomfortable. In the beginning, she remains apart, watching all her parents do and say in a judgmental way, but as the party unfolds, Pérola starts to see the beauty of the place. That land and it´s People reveal a charm that she was not expecting and suddenly she understands that all her loneliness and emptiness she has felt all those years was only her home beckoning her back.
The story of two brothers with a sick mother and a reality that leads the audience through paths of secrets and lies, puts the viewer in the role of participatory observer, each drawing its own conclusions.
A sensorial experimental documentary focused on the Six Arts of Confucius and it’s relationship with the city of Jianshui. Centered in Jianshui’s Confucian Temple this documentary will immerse the spectator in the spirit of the Six Arts.
"ÉVORA" follows the story of António Évora, an actor retired due to a health condition. The longing and permanent absence from the stage brings with it a reflection on the times when he was young, the joy of applause and what is to come.
Pedro is a solitary writer who decides to embark upon an imaginary disorientation in order to get to the central idea for his next novel.
Guilherme is a boy with 13 years old that plays tennis, he has to see and deal with his nightmares and his own fears.
A young poet suffering from a heartbreak, embarks alone on a journey in search of his happiness.
Due to the constant suppression of the trains, the Malveira station is deserted for most of the day.
Narrations of 3 women about their experiences, their inner fight with being feminine and masculine, and their acceptance journeys.
Eva and Sónia, orphans in their twenties, with very different backgrounds from each other, are in a romantic relationship held only by a van in which they live in and travel across the country.
Manuel, an elderly deaf and mute man who had suffered a stroke, has just arrived at a nursing home and establishes a tender relationship with a nurse, rejuvenating his troubled relationship with his father.