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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.
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 […]
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Wild
Echoes of the Mountain and the Plain in a classic double session
CineEco maintains a relationship of memory with Portuguese cinema by programming classics. In this edition, the festival will screen two films recently digitized by the Cinemateca Portuguesa – “Trás-os-Montes” and “Cerromaior”.“Echoes of the mountains and the plains” allows us to review and interpret unique works of Portuguese cinema in the way they look at two […]