To Each His Own Cinema 2007 ( 6.5)

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

City of Pirates 1984 ( 7.2)

A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island of pirates and encounters a man with multiple personalities.

João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved 2015 ( 7.5)

Director Manuel Mozos draws an intimate portrait of João Bénard da Costa, programmer, critic, actor and, for 18 years, director of the Portuguese Film Museum, who passed away in 2009.

Immaterial Girl 2022 ( 1)

João is an immaterial girl, refusing to be anything other than what she wants to be, regardless of her age, gender or race. When Tiago looks at her it’s like she’s always a different person. Literally. But when their relationship becomes too real, he will have to confront the prejudices that he doesn’t even know he has, to understand the world that she created for herself.

UFO’s, Monsters and Utopias: Three Queer Shorts 2024 ( 5)

Three Portuguese queer short films brought together in a program that charts an alternative path through converging universes, forming a new constellation of desires, fears, and struggles. Entre a Luz e o Nada by Joana de Sousa, Sob Influência by Ricardo Branco, and Uma Rapariga Imaterial by André Godinho are three cinematic gestures that explore techniques and narratives from science fiction to horror, seeking new ways to view and imagine other possibilities. After traveling through various festivals, these films can now be experienced together, in a mutual exploration of mysterious worlds, unsettling dreams, and singular visions.

Fakir 2019

The feature-length documentary Fakir portrays the success of fakirism in Brazil, Latin America and France. This circus art origin show is presented and analyzed through archives that reveals the success of these presentations with their pain resistance championships and the great public presence, including politicians and government officials. Fakir spans current footage from contemporary artists who keep this art alive in performances and shows.

Maelstrom 2023

Chico is a messy-looking young man, unable to approach his neighbor Clara. As days go by, Chico improves his appearance and his confidence grows progressively, motivating him to take the first step with Clara. After a romantic evening between them, Chico approaches Clara, who is confused and denies that they were involved. Chico is then forced to confront his reality, with a series of terrifying visions that lead him to Clara's apartment. As he walks through this threshold, he finds the darkest corner of his mind, something so perverse that it proves his madness...

Bégan 2023

A son of a butcher, who is miserable working in his family’s business, avoids touching meat at all costs just because he doesn’t have the guts to tell his father he wants to be vegan.

Barbosa: 100 anos de perdão 2021

Travessia 2024

A dive into the transformations of the Rio Piraquê-Açu Indigenous village, where, despite being welcomed by the midwife grandmother Keretxchu, the young women have chosen to give birth in hospitals.

The Fourth Wall 2016

A Short Horror Movie Produced by Escola Superior de Comunicação Social's students.

SMS to Antigone 2018

At the age of twenty, Maria interweaves her time between her role as an actress at the local theatre company and her work as a cashier in a supermarket chain, with the aim of achieving the great dream of pursuing theatre studies abroad. The dichotomy between this wonderful dream world is abruptly cut daily by the reality of the work, populated by rules that are incomprehensible to her. Two events completely change Mary's journey, testing her ideal in life. Is the ability to realise a dream capable of overcoming all the obstacles encountered?