News From a Personal War 1999 ( 7.8)

A documentary about urban violence in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Policemen, drug dealers, and shantytown dwellers get trapped in a daily war that knows no winners.

Santiago 2007 ( 7.6)

Documentary about Santiago, a peculiar man who used to work for the director and his parents as a butler. The material was filmed in 1992 but, for some strange reason, the director felt he couldn't edit it and put it aside. In 2005 he remembers the unfinished film and starts its edition.

In the Intense Now 2017 ( 7.8)

A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s. From the military coup in Brazil to China's Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the end of the Prague Spring.

Bruno Aleixo's Film 2020 ( 7.1)

Bruno Aleixo was invited to write a biopic about his own life. Lacking ideas, he decided to ask his closest friends for inspiration. Reunited in a cafe, each of his friends suggests a different idea, more or less biographical.

O Natal do Bruno Aleixo 2022

Bruno Aleixo has an accident the week before Christmas, leaving him in a coma. However, doctors are unanimous: they do not give a physiological reason for this comatose state, so they conclude that it is of a psychological nature. Bruno Aleixo, an assumed hater of the Christmas spirit, simply refuses to wake up. Using the recognized archetype of Charles Dickens' Christmas Tale, sleeping Bruno Aleixo relives, in dreams, several traumatic Christmases of the past, present and future.

Aleixo Psi 2017

Aleixo Psi is a 2017 follow up series of the Aleixo Show. Due to unpredictable and unforeseeable life events, Bruno Aleixo is mandated to undergo psychological counselling by a court order. We follow Mr. Aleixo in a journey of self-discovery and confrontation with his unresolved issues and past.

The Iron Cross 1968 ( 10)

Two neighboring villages fight over control of a stream to water their lands.

Leap 2020 ( 8)

On a day like any other, Alexandre returns home to find out his mother has disappeared.

The Little Bird of Ribeira 1960 ( 6)

Popular in the riverside area of Porto, Micas raised her daughter, Madalena, at the cost of sacrifice, as her father emigrated to Brazil. With a happy voice, Madalena works on unloading the coal, seeing her loves thwarted by her humble condition. Barata, another typical figure who makes a living from expedients, helps Madalena's father - meanwhile returned, to "register" her - in a kidnapping plan capable of facilitating her reconciliation with Micas, who is reluctant... Things get complicated, but happiness ends up triumphing.

FEMOGTYVE 2022

A documentary on the city of Oporto, inspired by Jørgen Leth's "66 Scenes from America".

Nazaré 1952 ( 6.6)

The sea, often treacherous, is the only source of living of the people of Nazaré. The film tells the story of António and his family, where no dreams are allowed. There is also the mourning of the woman in black wailing silently on the beach or waiting for their children lost in the sea.

Doomed Love 1943 ( 6)

The fatalism caught up and the amorous tragedy between Teresa de Albuquerque and Simão Botelho, who survives the intolerant litigation of her noble families.

Birds with Clipped Wings 1963 ( 7)

After a fatal crash involving her brother, Elsa tries to escape her corrupt & prejudiced background, making Francisco (the victim’s dad) – a wealthy family’s driver – resign himself with the unavoidable so as not to compromise his employer’s son, thus trying to gain something from the tragedy.

The Blinking House 2021

This is a one minute thriller short-film produced in the year of 2021.It tells the story of the dangerous Blinking House and its mysteries.

Will-o’-the-Wisp 2022 ( 6.2)

On his deathbed, his royal highness Alfredo, King without a crown, is taken back to distant youth memories and the time he dreamt of becoming a fireman. The encounter with instructor Afonso from the fire brigade, opens a new chapter in the life of the two young men devoted to love and desire, and the will to change the status quo.

Nightender 2020 ( 5.5)

Paulo works in a bar and when his shift is over he wonders through the Lisbon night. Between a romantic and desolate tone, Flávio Gonçalves films in the poetry of the night. A poetry made of encounters, ferocious lights and bodies that love and fear.

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.

Leap. 2019

After sinking, Carlos turns up at the coast along with his colleagues. In a struggle for life already lost, Carlos tries to seek salvation by accepting death leaving his family behind.

Escolas de Portugal 1962

Me Sinto Bem Com Você 2021 ( 7.3)

Five stories of love in times of quarantine. Five differently shaped love stories, from five different origins. Five stories about the importance of being with someone who makes you feel good in the midst of chaos. People, during these times of social isolation, doing everything possible to stay close. A film about connection: virtual and real.

O Violino de João 1944

João, a music teacher, tells his students the story of how twenty years earlier he fell in love with Anustchka, a circus performer, whom he left everything for.

Enemies 2019

Two siblings, Gabriel and Valentina have to spend a few days alone at home, trying their best not to kill each other.

Whindersson criou sua La Cantina de Papel 2020

Separações 2003 ( 7.2)

Cabral is a 60 year old playwright who's married to Glorinha, an actress who's 20 years younger than him. They've been together for half of her live, and now they're getting bored...

O Homem Que Enfrentou Lampião com uma Câmera 2017

This documentary tells the story of traveling salesman Benjamin Abrahão Calil Botto. He followed a trail of horror into the Sertão to find the fearsome King of Cangaço. The band invaded cities, looted, castrated men, branded women with iron, raped and killed. When he was face to face with the bandit, he drew his weapon: a film camera. This video recounts the confrontation that marked the history of documentary in Brazil, with impressive images of Cangaço

Styrofoam 01.cos 2019

A man, at a desert and in a cell, doesn't seem to have a face.

Amor Inesperado 2024 ( 10)

Off the Beaten Track 2013

Off The Beaten Track is the documentary that tells the incredible story of four unlikely musicians over the past year, as they travel to Luanda, Caracas, Paris, India, London and the Lisbon suburb of Amadora to show how these cities, as well as their sounds, people, colours and movement helped create the phenomenon that is Buraka Som Sistema. With the full support of Red Bull Music Academy and the talented illustration work of artist Kate Moross, join Lisbon’ most unusual band on a trip around the world and back to the studio. Directed by João Pedro Moreira, Off The Beaten Track brings together all of the elements that make Buraka’s story so unique and blends them with exclusive international, never-before-seen footage for an incredible, wild ride that offers an insiders view of life in one of the most colourful and innovative bands around. (Source: LFF programme)

The King's Voyage 2022

A king. A reign. A life. A journey through the head of poet and provocateur Rui Reininho. From innocence to the discovery of sin, from anarchism to salvation through art and spirituality, this is a film that reveals the creative processes and worldview of one of the greatest living cultural references in Portugal. At the age of 67, Reininho takes on the throne, drops the cloak and and exposes his naked soul.