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Music from Portuguese cinema
Túlio Augusto and Maria Isabel Mendonça present a concert with musical works that marked a period in Portuguese cinema. Maria Isabel has collaborated with various artistic structures as a creator and performer in the fields of music and theater. She has created and directed various cultural shows. She finds in the music of oral tradition […]
Presentation of the book “Memories”
Amândio Silva was born in Lisbon, but his strong connection to Seia and CineEco has always been marked by his regular presence at the festival over the years.His book Memórias is, according to Heloisa Paulo, “an autobiography made up of documents and accounts that paint a picture of the life of the man who, after […]
Looking for the star
Xoel, a sound technician, arrives in the Serra da Estrela to record the sounds that are about to disappear from the highest peak in mainland Portugal. As the days go by, he discovers that tourism has silenced the signs of the past, making his quest absurd. Until a mysterious melody draws him to the top […]
From afar, every mountain is blue
Indigenist Fernando Schiavini revisits the places and villages he visited in the 1970s, a time when little was known about “deep Brazil”. The history of Brazilian indigenism told by those who lived it and helped write it through the language of solidarity.
Beautiful
For more than 20 years, Lindo hunted sea turtles on Príncipe Island. After an encounter with an unexpectedly docile turtle, he decided to change his life to start protecting the animal from other predators. He now delves into his past to find the clues that will launch a debate about the future of the island […]
The best of worlds
Marta and Miguel are part of a group of scientists and are a couple in their private life. Their relationship is put to the test when data analyzed by Marta points to a very high probability that a huge earthquake could hit Lisbon. The scientists are divided in the debate about whether or not to […]
Heartless
Summer 1996, on the coast of Alagoas. Tamara is enjoying her last few weeks in the fishing village where she lives, before leaving to study in Brasilia. One day, she hears about a girl they call “Heartless” because of a scar on her chest. As the summer progresses, Tamara becomes attracted to this mysterious girl.
5861
5861 emerges as a documentary short film, in which the imposing natural beauty of the Serra da Estrela serves as a backdrop to reveal fragments of the life of Henrique Rebelo, a former driver in the Portuguese Colonial War.
The Mosquito Dance
Between the past and the present, an omniscient narrator travels through places, objects and people, while awakening memories disturbed by phantom gears. The result of collecting and interpreting life stories that unfold over the landscape of the foothills of Serra da Estrela, A Dança dos Mosquitos is a cinematographic essay that seeks to give stage […]