In the dystopian political context of 2016, Marcela uses her cell phone’s teleportation service to leave the country, but her data plan is too small.
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My neighbour committed suicide. I played football with him and also ping-pong. In a room, a boy reminds himself his dead friend.
In a gym, a dark prince prepares his disciples for an attack.
Live-streaming has exploded in China. “Present.Perfect.” weaves together more than 800 hours of footage: a diverse range of moments filmed and broadcasted by little-known Chinese live-streaming anchors looking for companionship.
A boy bumps into a couple kissing in the theatre.
Shot outdoors in Switzerland with amateur actors and handheld camera, Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak precedes the French New Wave: shot by Rohmer in 1951 but completed ten years later when the 16mm material was blown-up to 35mm and post-synchronization was performed. Stéphane Audran and Anna Karina interpret the voices of the two girls. A young Jean-Luc Godard appears, without glasses. A little love drama of a youthful winter. (Cinemateca Portuguesa)
Remy withdraws in his parents’ empty house, in the snow, to live simply. But peace does not last.
A strange bird, Superdo, lands in Ki-Ki-Do’s forest: he is dressed up in the style of superheroes and flies with the help of jet-propelled boots.
Urban abstraction as a stimulus for the understanding of false movement.
A 1990’s sitcom gets taken over by clones of the lead actor and descends into chaos.
Musician and writer Elizabeth Sankey investigates the past, present and future of romantic comedies, assisted by a chorus of critics, actors and filmmakers. An essay on film genre and also gender in film, allowing a reflection on idealized amorous relationships.
It is not the usual documentary about an artist, in this case the filmmaker Pedro Costa, nor a synthesis of the whole of his work. Among other merits Sacavém finds an angle to speak of a major figure of contemporary cinema without resorting to the usual methods or to mimic Costa’s cinema. Júlio Alves finds a fair distance to read the work without the weight of reverence, connecting characters and recurring objects, starting from Casa de Lava to the next film, showing the continuity between the vision of the director and the world that inspires him (a singular form of realism haunted by ghosts and memories). Pedro Costa’s elusive presence in the film, is an example of a solitary and artisanal work ethic of which the films are the most eloquent demonstration. (N.S.)
Following a traditional Passover, events from the Book of Exodus are retold by Moses, Aharon, the Angel of Death, Jesus, and the director’s own father. But there’s another side to this story: that of the Goddess, that struggles against the forces of patriarchy.
Fai is a 27-year-old courier while Bond is a delivery boy: two people and two different driving attitudes.
In the future one can print out the perfect lover with a 3D printer.
Tonia arrives in New York, she is a German artist trans woman and is preparing an exhibition on the legacy of the writer Ronald M. Schernikau. But her life and that of the queer community she joins has to face of the onslaughts of the far right.
Sophia Antipolis is a technopole on the French Riviera, a place where dreams should come true. But fear and despair lurk beneath the surface. Under a deceitful sun, five lives map out the haunting story of a young woman.