Justin Amorim

Dreaming of Lions

A surreal dark comedy about euthanasia.

Alma Anciana

Three juxtaposing stories taking place in Portugal, Austria and Cuba create an intimate and poetic portrait of the daily lives and struggles of the elderly in an unstable world, seen through the eyes of their grandchildren.

Trapstarz

Three youngsters from a small town dream of becoming the next big thing in the trap music universe.

00:00 Midnight

An essay on love, friendship, sex, identity and art, led by the gaze of a group of young people who struggle with reaching adulthood.

UFO’s, Monsters and Utopias: Three Queer Shorts

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.

Lovefool

Set in the romantic and multicultural city of Lisbon, the love story between a shy Brazilian man and a fearless Portuguese young woman is haunted by secrets from his past.

The Second Man

Follows the trajectory of Miro, a worker who leads a simple life until a series of violent events shake his wife, Solange. He then decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion, based in France, to protect his family.

15'

In an increasingly virtual world, what are three rappers and a fan doing barricaded in a clothing store? If Andy Warhol were alive, he would say they are looking for their 15 minutes of fame, but what will we say?

Nobody

@nobody cams on social media under the virtual persona of a sweet and sexy anime doll. But the girl underneath the colorful costumes is scared to leave her apartment and doesn't have any friends.

Autoerótico

On a foggy night, a blonde woman unexpectedly haunts the path of two young men in a suburban park.

Under the Influence

Laura is on a vacation with her friends for the weekend in a luxurious and isolated house. The group decide to do a hallucinogenic drug and seem to become absorbed by their nature surroundings. However, after a strange encounter at night, Laura is having trouble facing reality.

Fragile

A group of disillusioned youths in Lisbon are consumed by the promise of the “club”. Irreverent, alien, and playful, the film takes the audience on a trip through the underground of Portugal's capital city as its young characters get high and unleash their unpredictable energy on the streets.

Change

I was somewhere between the beggining and the end of life. After winter became spring, and summer became fall, and fall winter again. I always knew change would be constant.

Moço

Confronted with his mother's infidelity and his father's emotional absence, João arrives at a sunset where he refuses to return home.

Eva

Lisbon is the paradise lost where Eva finds herself imprisoned to an unwanted pregnancy.

Adelaide

In the most anticipated interview of the year, sisters Adelaide, Carolina and Julia Paixão come together with their mother Anita - to recount the events that led to one of the most controversial crimes ever committed in Portugal.

Millennia

A young woman struggles to maintain her fantastical Universe when her love goes sour. As she seeks rescue from her vices of money and sex - faith becomes her sole companion and she soon discovers the only form of salvation will require rebirth.

Flying Carpet

Ricardo is a teenager searching for a way out of a ruthless reality that traps him and everyone around him, preventing them from reaching for the stars.