Tesouro Natterer
Documentary feature about the Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer, a member of the Austrian Expedition that accompanied the Archduchess Leopoldina on her journey to Brazil in 1817. Among the members of the Austrian Expedition, he was the one who stayed the longest in Brazil: 18 years, which resulted in an impressive collection of over 50,000 objects, […]
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 […]
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 Bio Estrela Project
Forest fires are threatening to destroy one of Portugal’s last natural regions, the Serra da Estrela. If the fires continue, Portugal will lose more than the trees it burns. It will lose the generations of history and tradition kept alive in the farming communities and villages that survive and live off the forests. Young people […]
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 […]
GERLACH
Loving the island
This was my destiny and I have to keep going until the end.” For more than 30 years, fisherman João Alfredo da Silva, 63, has dedicated his life to collecting waste from the Billings reservoir, one of the most important water reservoirs in São Paulo. Focusing on his work and personal life, the film explores […]
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 […]