The Borinage through the eyes of the painter van Gogh, in From Vincent’s House in the Borinage.
Secção: National Competition
In Inhambane, several stories get interlaced: Nyo Vweta Nafta.
The director writes a letter to his late grandmother, in Num Globo de Neve.
A mysterious cartography of Oporto, in Ubi Sunt.
Ironic and colorful sketches about the circus: Circo.
The blind experience a famous painting, in Antão, o Invisível.
Faced with the possibility of an ending, the director decides to create a time capsule made of images – iconic and banal, public and personal – aimed to a future intelligent species, and starts out an exploration of places, images and ideas.
Toxic oil spills, transgenic plants and androids appear in Semente Exterminadora.
A couple buys a house on the island of Pico, in Azores. The construction is halfway through when the wife arrives. They haven’t seen each other for a long time. But where love is supposed to celebrate yearning, it is fear that takes root.
Humanity cycles and nature’s persistence interplay in Um Campo de Aviação.
A sweet portrayal of suburban neighborhood life, in Tudo o que Imagino.
In O Homem de Trás-os-Montes, a director looks for a film in the north of Portugal.
Memories embedded in an abandoned space: Limoeiro.
Taking as its starting point the photographs taken by the Portuguese political police (1926-1974), including a mug shot of a woman holding a child, Luz Obscura seeks to reveal how an authoritarian system operates within the family intimacy.
Miragem Meus Putos is composed of three stories about youth.
Bound by a silent pact, five students make a secret trip to the country for what seems to be an initiation ceremony. In threatening landscapes and abandoned ruins, they submit to the strange rituals of their leader, the Dux.
A boy learns what it means to die: Cidade Pequena.
In Cape Verde the vulcano is father and executioner: Na Cinza Fica Calor.