O ANJO DA GUARDA (The Weather Man)
In the city of Guarda, near Serra da Estrela, lives Vítor Baia, the Weather Man. Vítor Baia makes weather forecasts for mountaineers who prefer a method he developed himself to other more sophisticated ones. Victor Baia, a native and resident of Guarda, is a great expert on Serra da Estrela and has been mountaineering since […]
O PRÓXIMO PRINCÍPIO (The Next Beginning)
An ordinary late afternoon. A group of friends talk, laugh, live. A PET bottle runs empty. Someone, without a word, walks to the yellow recycling bin and drops it in. The sound of plastic hitting metal echoes for a moment. Then dark. Silence. It seems like an end. Time passes. The truck arrives. The bottle […]
MAÇOS E MARTELOS
An ancient gesture still resonates throughout the mountains of Portugal’s interior: the clash of mallet and hammer. A journey through the curves, workshops, and forges, capturing the rhythms of artisanal work in wood, iron, tin, and stone. From these raw sounds, an original musical composition was born. A sensorial journey where craft transforms into sound […]
RUA DO PESCADOR Nº6 (Fisherman Street Nº6)
In May 2024, a devastating flood struck Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, leaving irreparable marks on the lives of millions. The catastrophe laid bare the full scale of the climate crisis and global warming. More than 600,000 people were displaced, thousands lost their homes, and entire neighborhoods remained submerged for weeks. The flood turned Porto […]
O AVESSO DO MUNDO (The Lining Of The World)
There is a house in Minas da Panasqueira left behind at the end of childhood. There is a collection of pictures and objects from that place and time. THE LINING OF THE WORLD is a search for a lost time or the story of a film that was never made.
BAÍA DOS TIGRES (Tiger Bay)
The person of the future will know how to shed the skin of guilt and rewrite itself.
ÁGUA MÃE
Mértola, the Guadiana River, a place of ancient watermills, where bread flour was milled. A place where birds live and people relax. Fishing boats pass by and the fish leap. The tide rises and falls, with the atmosphere changing every day. The color of the water and landscape vary throughout the year. At the same […]
THE SYSTEM
The System is a compelling documentary about those who refuse to accept the status quo. As climate crises, economic inequality, and political instability are felt worldwide, we follow three passionate idealists who are each trying to make a difference in their own way: Henk Ovink, international water diplomat in New York; Pippi van Ommen, co-founder […]
MATERIA PRIMA
The world’s largest lithium deposit is located in the Bolivian Andes. The Europeans want the raw material to save their automotive industry, the Bolivians want to use it to overcome poverty, and companies from all over the world are exploring their options. Lithium has triggered a new gold rush, for it is essential for the […]
LA FJELLA LEVE (Let Our Mountains Live)
Sámi reindeer herders Sissel Stormo Holtan, Elise Årbogen and Terje Haugen have spent two decades battling Europe’s largest wind power project, which sprawls across their vital grazing lands in the mountains of Fosen in Norway. Even before the case can fully proceed through the legal system, the Norwegian state grants preliminary access to the wind […]