Escola Artística António Arroio

It is a cold night and there is an electric tension in the air. A box is passed from hand to hand by mafia figures with professional secrecy. They have all been ordered to pass it on to the next courier without opening it, but one of the members is following different orders.

A young journalist and a convincing cameraman plot to film interviews without their company's permission.

Uncertain whether his bus will arrive, a hesitant and anxious young man begins to question the point of waiting. As he stands at the bus stop, his interactions with those who arrive lead him to reflect on the passing of time and how he should face it.

An adaptation of the painting “Aparição” created in 1972 by Portuguese artist Júlio Reis Pereira.

In a family household where the only bonds are those of blood, a family gathers for dinner. During the meal, Álvaro—a controlling and belittled father—is confronted with his wife’s repulsion and distance, his frail mother’s indifference, his deaf and blind father’s detachment and alienation, his teenage son’s blatant flirtation with his girlfriend, and the naive defiance of his two younger, bratty children. Álvaro observes the reality of his family’s disintegration as the dinner turns out to be a complete disaster.

“Disconnection” is a film that explores the feelings and sensations of Vera, a very anxious and insecure girl, who faces her first day of classes at a new school.

Pedro, an ordinary man who feels useless, is confronted by his own narrator, a voice unafraid to expose his greatest insecurities.

One morning, fear is suddenly gone. Pedro wakes up with a nosebleed for the third time that week. Unable to make sense of what is happening to him, he leaves behind his room, his job and the life he has built, setting off with nowhere to go. In a bar, an unfamiliar song brings him to a halt. After a lifetime spent running away, what happens when, for the first time, he decides to listen?

An intimate film that portrays a passion for Nature, an infinite love rich in the senses and sensations, exploring the relationship between human beings and the space they're in, and the landscape as belonging to something deeper than the mere Earth.

After several years of distance, Mary Jane agrees to reunite with a group of former friends for a trip meant to offer reconnection and rest. However, the reunion quickly becomes uncomfortable. Old wounds, unresolved conflicts, and buried secrets begin to surface, turning the experience into an increasingly tense and claustrophobic one. Isolated in a house far from the city, the women are forced to confront the past and face the emotional consequences of deep trauma. The film offers a disturbing portrait of the psychological deterioration of a woman pushed to her limits, where sanity dissolves and nothing is exactly as it seems.

"UNFINISHED" represents a life left on hold. This film depicts a repetition of the days that follow. A mental spiral that seems to have no end and, because of it, everything remains unfinished. A mix of everyday reality with what goes on in the imprisoned mind that, due to its own problems and frustrations, ends up becoming increasingly involved in its thoughts and stuck in a routine at home, while life outside remains "unfinished."

Inspired by the urban legend of "Akai Ito", the story takes place in a world where people are connected by a red string to someone they are destined to meet, and where Dália suddenly sees her life uprooted by hers.

Memories lead a mind… Poetry leads a life. In a final goodbye, Sofia finds pieces that remind her of her grandmother, from poems to Super 8 films recorded in Serra da Arrábida. She searches for fragments of her childhood and testimonies of a life in a now uninhabited house. These memories are evoked through the objects and scenarios visited as the film unfolds. Ultimately, only memories remain, small traces of life, moments.

Marta and Afonso were once best friends, but now they don't speak. As she prepares to leave for college, he realizes they need to talk.