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Browse 66 movies from Universidade Lusófona
Guilherme is a boy with 13 years old that plays tennis, he has to see and deal with his nightmares and his own fears.
Oct 2021
In the Queluz-Belas area, on the Sintra Line, Edi, Yuri, and Válter are surrounded by crime: gangs, drug trafficking, robberies; situations that have become normal for them. Their time is divided between school and the time they spend together writing lyrics, listening to music, and walking along the Sintra Line. Under pressure from Jay Dogg, the leader of the RXR Boyz, the three boys will have to decide which side of the line they want to be on, ultimately having to make choices that could completely change their lives.
Jul 2021
Although they don’t all know each other, a group of young people find their lives unexpectedly intertwined during a party. Luísa, 23, begins to question her boyfriend Rui’s sexuality after discovering a condom wrapper and noticing his odd behavior. Kyle, 25, returns to Portugal and reconnects with Pedro, who comes out as non-binary. Júlia, 23, gains the courage to tell her girlfriend Rosa, 21, that she has begun her gender transition. Margarida, 19, meets Inês at the party and starts to question her relationship with her boyfriend Afonso, 21, ultimately coming out as bisexual. Vicente, 20, is diagnosed with HIV and, with Inês’s support, goes through the five stages of grief over the course of the night. Through intimate moments and quiet revelations, each character confronts identity, love, and acceptance.
Jul 2022
A making of documentary that records the productions days of a university film crew, making a short film called 'Incomum'.
Jul 2018
Duarte rushes out of the house when he is confronted by his brother, Samuel, and is forced to explain why he has to run away. A few days later, Samuel is confronted by a group of drug dealers who have come to collect the debts left by his younger brother, Duarte. Feeling pressured, Samuel ends up choosing the quickest solution and agrees to take part in the fights.
José is a young boxer who trains at the gym run by his father, Carlos.
The story of Lucas, a 13 year-old kid who swears vengeance to the man that abuses his mother in exchange for a miserable life.
Mar 2015
Eva and Sónia, orphans in their twenties, with very different backgrounds from each other, are in a romantic relationship held only by a van in which they live in and travel across the country.
On a winter afternoon. 20 year Henrique tries to call his sister without success. A boy in yellow has difficulties giving a birthday present to Henrique. Between past and present situations, Henrique searches for attention where it doesn't exist.
Feb 2017
Bruno lives in a black and white world for so long that he forgot what colors are, as well as his phobia towards them. Seeing all the color in a fruit basket, Bruno rediscovers his fear and the effects of his phobia.
Mar 2023
Marco is a 16-year-old who plays tennis daily as a way of sheltering his helplessness towards his father's depression.
An artist who has lost her inspiration and tries to find it, but looks for it in the wrong places.
Jan 2019
A documentary that aims at highlighting the daily lives of death people and what a "deaf identity" entails.
Sep 2015
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Dec 2024
Pérola (39 years), a female lawyer, return to Angola, for her younger sister´s “Alambamento” (traditional Angolan ceremony where dowries and promises are exchanged between a couple) more than 20 years living abroad. On coming back, she realises that she does not fit in that environment anymore. The world that saw her come to life is now uncomfortable. In the beginning, she remains apart, watching all her parents do and say in a judgmental way, but as the party unfolds, Pérola starts to see the beauty of the place. That land and it´s People reveal a charm that she was not expecting and suddenly she understands that all her loneliness and emptiness she has felt all those years was only her home beckoning her back.
A young poet suffering from a heartbreak, embarks alone on a journey in search of his happiness.
Feb 2016
Maria, an elderly woman that lives alone, asks her neighbor for help fixing her TV.
Jun 2022
After sinking, Carlos turns up at the coast along with his colleagues. In a struggle for life already lost, Carlos tries to seek salvation by accepting death leaving his family behind.
Jul 2019
Pedro is a solitary writer who decides to embark upon an imaginary disorientation in order to get to the central idea for his next novel.
Jul 2015