Escola das Artes - Universidade Católica

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

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

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.

Short animation film about the fear of singing in public

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.

It dawns. A group of hunters is reunited, suspended in time and space. Prey and predator.

In a bucolic place on the island of Flores, the most remote of the Azores archipelago, a lonely man lives in complete isolation, without any kind of human interaction. With him, just a black cat and a spotted cow. His daily routine is lived between his house and a lighthouse that apparently is, or has been, in his charge.

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.

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.

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.

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 film-poem dedicated to the introspection of a subject that sees himself stuck to his non identity, trying to redefine it through the Seventh Art. "She lay down beside me, Towards dawn she pronounced for the first time the word “death.” She too seemed to be weary beyond endurance of the task of being a human being." - Osamu Dazai

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…

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.

A story about generation Y, the era of individualistic and extremely competitive people, who believe their meant to be exceptional. A generation where the unrealistic expectations rarely match reality. The story revolves around a young adult who is subject to the same circumstances and above all else wishes to be recognized by truly memorable achievements. Mota says he has been touched by god and is going to write a book about everything. In the limbo between the real world and Mota’s conscience the journey begins. The narrative oscillates between action and inertia, writing and procrastinating. The book of everything assumes an identity crisis. Mota, as other of his age, is subject to social pressure of making it big. He becomes so desperate at the reality of his life that builds a parallel one. It’s a movie about the unachievable realization of the individual.

A man from a village in the interior of portugal is back to visit the family that is left. But the true reasons for his return are not clear.

A journalist, in the diligence of reuniting informations to complete the biography of a missionary priest that travelled Africa, visits the village and the abandonned house in which he lived and died. Once there, he acknowledges that not even his scepticism will free him from the forces that persist there.

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

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

Short film by Sofia Pinto