Frederico Serra

Radio-Pilotis

In a semi-submerged world, in between shipwrecks and ruins, a man spends his days in an old shack perched on tall stilts, with the only company of a cat and an old tape recorder.

Octopus

A foreigner arrives in a new city. He does not speak the language of the locals nor does he look like them: instead of two, he has several arms, like an octopus. Whenever he wants, the foreigner can pull off an arm and it grows back. He approaches people and even offers them his arms. In time, the octopus-man becomes part of the city, until the day he learns the new language...

Vortex

After another night at work, Paulo can't park his car and drive home.

Wolf Child

In a terrifying Portuguese village, there is a legend. The legend of the wolf child. Desired and born on a full moon night, it all started when a young peasant girl, desperate for a child, asked a creature of the forest for a wish. The desire? A child she could call hers. But the forest creature curses the woman. When grow up, the child will bring teeth and blood to the village. Years pass, the child becomes a man, tormented and persecuted by the villagers, torn between his animalistic nature and a friendship with a young witch. The boy has to find out who, or what, he is. Together, the wolf child and the witch will try to break the curse and find their place in the world. 16 years after "Coisa Ruim", Frederico Serra returns to the legends and traditions of deep Portugal.

An Avocado Pit

Larissa, a trans woman and Cláudio, a cis man, meet one night, in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light. In challenge, in surprise, in awe and in recognition. An empowering story, free from violence and filled with light and hope for the better days yet to come.

September

With the Tagus River serving as both backdrop and leitmotif, “Setembro” is an animated short film about a genuine Lisbon. As the narrative progresses, the city full of colors, traditions and voices quickly gives way to gentrified spaces and foreign tourists’ voices, which now overlap the locals’, turning Lisbon into a new place. With no space for its former intimacy, the city transforms itself, a process that moves it ever further from its residents

Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes

The economic crisis, a teddy bear with suicidal tendencies named Judy Garland, the Discovery Channel, a black panther and the Russian playwright Anton Tchekhov are all part of the heroic adventure of a little girl who has a problem to solve.

Macabre

K just crashed his Mercedes-Benz into a tree, moments after trying to avoid running down a small wild animal that ran across his path. He is on a backwater road in the countryside and it’s a very dark night. His evening has only just begun...

Triple A

A mockumentary with an actual documentary inside, tells the unusual story of Artist António André's (Triple A). With Arcos de Valdevez, a portuguese northern village, as background, it questions the relevance of art in our time.

Arcana

Locked away in a dungeon, an heretic prepares a witchcraft to escape.

Coro dos Amantes

Chorus is film about death, absence and how close they are to us. Based on a theater play by Tiago Rodrigues.

Dédalo

Trapped inside the Space Freighter/Refinery Dédalo, Siena tries to survive an infestation of diabolic creatures.

Immaculate

A man lives isolated in his grandmother's country-house in an attempt to recover from a tragic event involving his family. His lonely and silent days are spent with an unnameable hope.

Nenhum Nome

After having suffered a serious car accident in which his 6 month pregnant wife is killed, X, a 35 year old man, is admitted in an intensive care unit. K, a 30 year old nurse, will help X during his rehabilitation. K is also 6 months pregnant. This curious detail makes their apparent impersonal relationship stronger.

In the Dark

Once there was a boy who was afraid of the dark. One day, while playing on an abandoned factory's roof, he let a valuable belonging fall through a gap between the tiles. Going into the factory means facing his phobia and, inside, a beast's gaze awaits.

Homenzinho

In a subway station, while waiting for his journey to continue, a boy talks with God about the creation. An informal conversion about the real dimension of our existences and personal demands, reminding us that we are just a small part of something bigger and nothing is as important as we believe it is.