Northern Portugal. An imposing residence with its garden and magnolia tree. As we know, home is a place that film, this outdoor art, has often used to depict less the joys of family life than a pernicious space. André Gil Mata has made it his stage, with its rooms, its furniture, what plays out...
Europe’s largest lithium mine is about to start operating in Trás-os-Montes, much to the dismay of the local inhabitants. Frederico Lopo induces an earthy sensuality and contrasts two geologies: that of mining prospection and machines, and that of roots and people.
Filmed over 15 years, Deuses de pedra draws careful lines between past and present, portraying a beautiful land and the beautiful souls of those who live there.
In an ominous Lisbon courtyard where the last executioner of the kingdom once lived, an accident is waiting to happen. After a patient game of who's observing who, four characters will collide with dire consequences. Inspired by the novel The Damned Yard by Nobel Prize-winning Bosnian writer Ivo...
Melgaço, Parada do Monte. The memory of a chance encounter on the border between the real and the imagined, the affection and superstition, has been passed down from generation to generation.
“A struggle. A glance inward reveals another world, a mutable world. I only exist within myself.” - Film made during the free workshop "A Nebulosa" in Porto, Portugal. With 122 meters of 16mm Film.
Oranges, or "apples from paradise", once considered sources of eternal youth, can be eaten as they are or squeezed for their juice. They may be bitter or sweet, like love. In the morning they are healthy, in the afternoon they aren't bad, but at night they are deadly. Modern myths about insomnia...
