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Browse 68 movies from Universidade Lusófona
José is a young boxer who trains at the gym run by his father, Carlos.
Jul 2018
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
Sep 2022
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
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
Dec 2024
This animated documentary takes us on a bittersweet journey into the lives of immigrants in the municipality of Odemira, Portugal. They share the experience of struggles, frustrations, and hopes as they try to find their place. Who is a local and who is an outsider in a world where borders are increasingly questioned?
Feb 2025
Marco is a 16-year-old who plays tennis daily as a way of sheltering his helplessness towards his father's depression.
When faced with his brother's terrible fate, João finds a way to escape and cut ties with the cult to which his family belongs. Although haunted by the secret he carries with him and the crisis of faith he faces, João has only one goal: to save his brother and to hide from him the cold reality of the world in which they live.
Aug 2020
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.
One day, a 17-year-old boy finds a "cup phone" pointing toward the unknown and ends up forming a relationship with a mysterious girl.
Feb 2021
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
A making of documentary that records the productions days of a university film crew, making a short film called 'Incomum'.
Flatmates and old friends Sofia and João share a bleak fascination with decadent, ritualistic behavior, until they welcome Rayan, a stranded traveler couch-surfing for a night in Porto.
Jan 2019
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
The story of a teacher and painter who, after his mother's death, camouflaged himself in solitude, distancing himself from all around him. When looking for landscapes that complete your drawing, he finds in a young refugee, his inspiration.
Nov 2022
In a world where society is controlled by a totalitarian regime and children are the tool of ideological formatting, Isa realizes that her child is different from the others and that this will bring consequences to her life.
Jul 2011
Touching, growing, caring, dancing. Seedlings climbing around fingertips, birds morphing into humans. But the tender touches slowly fade as the shadows grow and the witches of the forest start to disappear. Rooted in patriarchal violence, history keeps repeating itself.
Apr 2024
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
Jul 2024