ALGUMAS COISAS QUE ACONTECEM AO LADO DE UM RIO (A Few Things Happening By A River)
A group of teenagers floats down the river, pretending to be dead for social media. One of them drifts away unnoticed. As the body floats downstream, it passes overworked delivery workers, restless holidaymakers, and distracted families, each too caught up in their own absurd microcosms to see the quiet tragedy passing by.
YELLOW CAKE
In the town of Picuí, in the backlands of Paraíba, a team of scientists attempts to eradicate the deadly Aedes aegypti mosquito — the carrier of dengue fever — through a secret experiment known as Yellow Cake. Using uranium extracted from the region, the project aims to sterilise the mosquitoes and halt the spread of […]
That’s How I Love You
While spending holidays at his grandparents’ place in the countryside, a boy learns a cruel lesson of mercy.
TERRADREAD
Leni, a climate activist in her early thirties, is so terrified by the looming impact of climate change that she chooses not to have a child. She focuses entirely on her activism, yet her deep personal choice sparks self-doubt. Driven by the belief that personal sacrifices are essential to combat the crisis, she puts everything […]
Yesterday I Remember My Mom
A childhood episode comes back to the memory of a man with no land.
We are Two Abysses
Living alone in the highest mountains of Portugal, Carlos has spent years writing letters to his beloved late wife, suspended in a time that no longer exists. His solitary world is disrupted when a filmmaker, on a quest to find a mysterious lake, stumbles upon him. What begins as a chance encounter soon evolves into […]
Take care
Filomena lives alone in a rural village in the interior of Portugal and has just found out that she doesn’t have much time left to live. Her granddaughter Laura, a young woman in her early twenties, raised by her, shows up out of nowhere at her house. They share memories of childhood and youth, up […]
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.
SIRÂT
A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who vanished months earlier at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and an atmosphere of raw, un familiar freedom, they show her photograph again […]
Aurora
A small asteroid fragment falls into the backyard of Aurora’s house before the little girl goes to school. She is convinced that it was her father who sent the fragment in an attempt to make contact with her. At school, during a presentation on her parents’ profession, Aurora surprises her friends and teacher by telling […]