The Time Of Waters
A humble farmer, attached to the memory of his father, struggles to remain on his farm despite the difficulties imposed by the cycle of the Amazon rivers. With the arrival of a great flood, he must decide whether to stay or abandon his house.
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Every morning, Lucila Mota de Souza, a 80-year-old indigenous healer, turns on the radio, contemplates the rainforest in front of her house and asks herself a question: What will happen when we die, the rainforest and I? As forest fires approach her house, she awakens an old dream.
Ribeiro de Baixo, Cabo do Mundo
Three outsiders arrive at Ribeiro de Baixo, a village on the northern highlands of Portugal, where mysterious night lights foretell the death of its inhabitants. In the silence of the valley, two women, Áurea and Umbelina spend their days watching over the cattle across the border, sharing tales of encounters with wolves and ancient traditions. […]
Caught in the Net
The deep sea constitutes the entirety of the ocean area situated below the 200 metres of depth, where sunlight does not reach, and it is the most inaccessible place on Earth for humans. Despite poorly knowing it, we are leaving a path of destruction on it with our trawling nets, motivated by an insatiable hunger […]
Planetagatik
In an aseptic food research laboratory, Mario and Karla are two scientists dealing with a series of increasingly strict environmental regulations. When these reach absurd levels, Mario decides to turn to his boss for a solution.
Dog Alone
A dog was abandoned in its own home at the time when my grandfather began to experience his widowhood and I was returning from London, a place where I felt lonelier than ever.
Presentation of the Book: “Amazonia for an Open Wound of the Planet”
Manuel Carvalho has traveled more than 12,000 kilometers in the interior of the Amazon. In Amazonia: a journey through an open wound on the planet (ed. Ideais de Ler), the author takes us through territories of dense forest, soy plantations, indigenous villages, contaminated rivers and areas of illegal deforestation. Going back to the time of […]
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Millennium’s Turn
Maria and her friends’ bucolic childhood is haunted by an unexpected doubt. On television, they talked about the year 2000 bug and the chance that the world would end. So, how would they spend the days that remained, at a time when there was time? This is a small portrait of the last pre-internet childhoods […]
Atom & Void
In Valya’s burrow, a repeated rumbling disrupts her life and pushes her into the unknown.