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Under the supervision of the tyrannous ruler Supremo, a fleet of aliens responsible for the creation of the universe conduct their daily work around the Milky Way. Among them is a curious alien called Melius, who dreams of leaving their weary job as a star polisher to explore distant planets. When the space probe ‘Voyager 1’ crashes into their ship, Melius sees their chance of escaping using the probe’s coordinates for planet Earth. What follows is an adventure full of extraordinary surprises and new friends, where our hero will be forced to choose between duty and love, their teachings and beliefs.

Books vanish from a library. A daughter says goodbye to her mother. A writer struggles with Alzheimer's disease.

A filmmaker and an actress travel towards a remote location, in search of a particular house, and of inspiration for their next movie. The region is Douro, and the house belonged to Manoel de Oliveira, where he took refuge to create many of his works.

On the edge of a lagoon, a young man is called to find his childhood friend. This gesture inaugurates a cycle of memories and absences, leading him to confront the weight of the past and the inevitability of accepting life as it was.

In 'Give Time its Due,' Beatriz seeks solace in therapy for her loneliness and pain after a loss. In this journey of self-acceptance and healing, she discovers the power of expression and human connection.

“Autumn Colors” is a sensory journey through a motion painting, in which our senses are challenged by a delicate immersion in images and sounds of autumn landscapes. How does one transgress the boundaries between cinema and painting?

Cananga is a short documentary that explores how my grandfather's backyard became a personification of his life as a man of the sea and a reflection of his persona. Guided by the ballads by him composed, we discover not only his musical ability, but also the deep emocional connections that link the family to history, music and life at sea.

“One Minute Show Time” uses magazine and book clippings, with iconic images from the recent past, to create, in a sequence of mini-sketches, a narrative as entertaining as it is fatalistic.

A degenerate poker player lives in his car, refusing to sell it to settle a debt. He instead enters an underground game organized by the Boss. Our player cheats in order to start winning, but at the risk of suffering the Boss's temper, he might lose more than just the game.

Eugénio de Andrade (1923-2005) is one of the greatest Portuguese poets. He was born in Póvoa de Atalaia, a village in the interior center of Portugal. The film visits the place where his house still exists.

Through the routine of the inhabitants of Sintra and Cascais, using the railway lines as well as photographs in movement, a portrait of these villages is painted, both daughters of Lisbon, a capital that is pushing people out of it.

"Ecos da Vermelha" shows the activities of the resistance to the Estado Novo (Portuguese fascist regime) in the city of Vila Franca de Xira, from the early 30's to 1974. Through the eyes of several witnesses that lived those dictatorship years, the film highlights the different initiatives and events that happened on those years on a political, social and cultural level, showing actions in the collectivities, the gathering in the taverns, the church's role and also some important events like the 1967 floods or the 1969 elections.