Illustrating Stories with the Thaumatrope
Hosted by: Sérgio Pereira Target Audience: 3rd grade Students of the Seia School Group While playing and having fun, we create the future. What if we learnt sustainable habits while experimenting with a toy from the first infancy of moving images? In this workshop, children will draw and assemble thaumatropes, an optical toy that creates […]
LIÇÕES DE FOGO (Lessons In Fire)
In the parched hills of central Portugal, fire has a name, a face, and a will of its own. Here, seasoned Portuguese wildfire fighters speak of “him” as an unpredictable adversary – an old rival as elusive and volatile as his accomplice, the wind. Into this world steps a team of Finnish firefighters from the […]
OS BRAVOS (The Brave)
A woman and a man on vacation in Pico Island, in the Azores. The adversities of this journey, set in constantly changing nature, trigger arguments that conceal deeper issues within the characters and their difficulty in connecting.
啾啾翻譯機 (Chirp Talker)
On my balcony, little birds come to visit all the time. I love listening to their chirps. When I’m tired of homework, their voices bring me outside. I see them brushing their feathers, hunting for bugs in the flowerpots, or sneaking a bite of my tangerines. In this hot, crowded city, these tiny visitors always […]
TIMOSHA
In the happy and peaceful world of the hedgehog Timosha, trouble suddenly comes. His life will never be the same again, and he will have to leave his cozy home. Will Timosha be able to understand and accept this? This story is about those who have been forced to leave their homes and start a […]
SLAMKA SPASA (The Last Straw)
We follow a group of marine animals that face the consequences of human waste. On the way to a clean sea, they learn about the importance of recycling and how important it is environmental responsibility for the future of their sea.
TAIWAN NATURE
Taking the nature of Taiwan as the theme of the film, starting from the seeds of liquidambar on the mountain, from Taiwanese red quinoa to wheat straw chrysanthemum, it is like the colorful spectrum of the spring earth advancing layer by layer; the waterfall-like five-knuckle seeds imitate the turbulent waves and the endless stream, flowing […]
O SEGREDO DAS ERVAS MARINHAS (The Seagrass’ Secret)
One day, in the salt marshes of the eastern Algarve, a small bird with an orange chest and feathers the color of the sea, the kingfisher, spots floating litter. Curious yet uneasy, he decides to investigate the origin of those strange residues. Following their trail, the kingfisher arrives at a picnic area and discovers that […]
O NINHO (The Nest)
Plastic waste ends up in the most unexpected places.
IBRIDO URBANO (Urban Hybrid)
Connecting with nature — is it still a necessity, or have we gradually lost the ability to listen to its silent wisdom? In a world flooded with bright screens, relentless notifications, and a constant hum that echoes through our days, nature continues to offer itself as a calm, wordless mirror that reflects who we are […]