WHITE HOUSE EFFECT
One with the whale
Hunting whales is a matter of life and death for the inhabitants of St. Lawrence, a small island in the Bering Sea. So when Chris Agra Apassingok becomes the youngest person to harpoon a whale in his Alaskan village, his mother proudly shares the news on Facebook. To her surprise, thousands of keyboard activists brutally […]
Book “A Portuguese Look: Cinema and Nature in the 21st Century”
“How does contemporary Portuguese cinema represent nature? What motifs from the natural world animate Portuguese films released since 2000? What narrative, conceptual and aesthetic forces does our recent cinema find in this independent, continuous and simultaneous manifestation of life, that is, of its physical phenomena and beings?” These were the questions that motivated Filipa Rosário […]
Big Bang Henda
Tearing down statues and symbols, building new memories, framing the destroyed landscape, writing letters to the future, reversing power dynamics: Big Bang Henda is a documentary-poetry-manifesto about the work of Angolan artist Kiluanji Kia Henda. He takes us on a journey through his creations and reflections, which are at the forefront of anti-colonial thinking, urging […]
Peas
A portrait of the people who work the land in Ervilha, a private plot left abandoned in one of the richest areas of Porto: Foz do Douro. Ervilha faces the same threat as our world: being destroyed in the name of progress. A new avenue is being planned that will destroy an area that feeds […]
Migratory movements
Pedro Paniágua recently arrived in Brazil and faces a daily challenge to survive. He plans to bring his family when he adapts to the new country. When a swallow lands on his house, he is torn between the routine of looking for a job and trying to save the bird. Everywhere he goes, he encounters […]
Night in a forest
In the 15th century in Portugal, a group of monks built a wall around a forest and prevented women from entering. But the hands of the living can’t control everything: in the invisible world, where night reigns and only souls illuminate the forest, women have built their kingdom, without walls.
The Garden in Motion
Accompanied by two botanical guides, a group of hikers embarks on a journey through the stunning landscapes of the Arrábida Natural Park. As they explore the diverse species of this ecosystem, they observe a disturbing transformation in this place, not due to the natural course of time, but due to the orchestrated appropriation of human […]
Where to Plant a Home
The search for a life in contact with nature led Martin and Annika, a young couple, to build a house with their own hands. On their ever-changing land, there is always work. We see them building a creative studio and maintaining their vegetable garden. In the evenings, they socialize with their friends in the area. […]
Conversations in the garden
For the second year and after the success of last year’s edition, the Conversations on Environmental Cinema return to the Seia Municipal Library Garden in the late afternoon. Directors, producers, technicians, actors, teachers, programmers and jurors are invited to talk about their experience and/or vision of cinema, and how artistic and cinematic value has an […]