Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema

The filmmaker brings to life his child-hood memories of his vacations with his father, making this film his thank-you.

Agressivity and the will to compete are also part of childhood. At a poor district’s boxing club the kids live a close friendship and find a place to express a fury that is violent but liberating.

We follow the catechesis sessions of the 4th grade children from the Parish of Santo António de Moscavide. They reflect and learn about the Catholic religion. Some of them, however, are also preparing for an important moment: the First Communion. We observe their preparations for this celebration, and try to understand their perspective and that of their classmates regarding this new stage of their religious lives.

In a world polluted by atomic radiation, five survivors find shelter in an underground bunker. The sudden discovery of a rare and miraculous medicine will become a source of quarrel within the group.

Hora di Bai (a Cape Verdean expression for farewell or escape) describes the last days of the 6 de Maio neighborhood before its imminent destruction, recording the bonds and experiences of its residents.

At the core of a royal court unbalanced by the long absence of its King, where women seem to have disappeared along with reason, the Crown Prince is murdered. Wrapped in the plot of the promoters of a decaying libertine spirit, the heir’s brothers, a pair of twins united by the music they play together and their Valet, witness a hunt for the prepetator launched by the palace doctor's deduction. In the background of all the chatter rises the individual desire of the twins for the dynasty.

In the hot month of August, Alice and her siblings go to their grandmother’s summer house. As the days go by, the house becomes a hive of slow straying bodies, as Alice becomes more and more engrained in her grandmother’s colonial past.

Under the harsh rays of the sun, Carlos is laying down. There is sunburn on his back. The wind is still. The air is warm. There’s a dryness in the air. He can barely breathe, until he sees Mateus.

In a few moments, Beatriz will be performing a solo in the choir of her Catholic school. As she changes her outfit, she realizes that her shirt is too tight and as a result her precociously developed body stands out.

A man is seen by a prostitute in his home. They try to communicate. But the loneliness they both carry creates a gap between them, enabling that communication.

When an actor assists to the premiere of the experimental B-movie he stars in, film blends with real life, turning it into an actual thriller.

An immigrant mother, hurting from a backache, calls for her son to help carry her groceries home. Along their way, they talk about the future through the past, returning to all of their disagreements, disillusionments, rancor and resentments.

It's summer in the Portuguese countryside, where the local festivities take place. Chico is haunted by a hate crime committed in his village against a boy who was secretly close to him. Throughout this journey, Chico, pressured by his friends, tries both to follow their social standards and to hide his fears and desires.