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Browse 130 movies from Escola das Artes - Universidade Católica
A group of boys shatters the matriarchal memory of an old bedroom. In the face of impending danger, the older boys vie for leadership. As the evening progresses, they turn to violence. Chico, the young misfit, finds a tragic portent of desire.
May 2024
Pedro is a young man, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, but one day, he wakes up feeling different.
Jun 2007
Short film that takes us to a very recent past, that is still the present in some regions of Portugal, talking about love and betrayal, rage and regret.
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A story of obsessive love and surreal entropy between two people who surrender to absolute desire.
May 2025
In a remote rural area, a woman on the run has a supernatural encounter surrounded by enigmatic sounds. As she immerses herself in that reality, she is confronted with unexpected phenomena that her rational mind cannot understand.
Jul 2024
Eduardo, an 8-year-old boy who is obsessed with outer space, spends a weekend at his absent grandfather's house. This brief period of time will prove to be eternalized in his memory for the love that has blossomed from it.
Andreia's arrival disturbs Ana and João's relationship and awakens dormant desires.
A journalist, in the diligence of reuniting informations to complete the biography of a missionary priest that travelled Africa, visits the village and the abandonned house in which he lived and died. Once there, he acknowledges that not even his scepticism will free him from the forces that persist there.
Jan 2021
In an old discotheque in Porto, about to close, Fátima and Vidal meet for what could be their last dance.
Teresa is a surfer who lives a full love life until the day when, using an app that allows surfers to analyze the state of the sea in real-time, she realizes that something strange is happening on the beach. Intrigued by what she sees in the images, Teresa is faced with a decision that has been on hold for too long. At the same time, she realizes how she might not accept for others what she claims for herself…
Mar 2024
A November day in Porto, in a square where skaters jump up a flight of stairs. Three characters share a moment, which is divided into three subjective shots and which, without dialogue, are intended to characterize them emotionally. The idea of shared love is called into question.
Alex, in his neighbourhood, learned to grow up by his own will. His father drives a cab, but today he is sick and is not going to work. Alex leaves home with his father's car and drives to his school, looking for his friend Rafa. Today is a different day.
Aug 2014
Teles is the line marker of Sport Club de Baltar, a regional portuguese club.
Jul 2012
A man from a village in the interior of portugal is back to visit the family that is left. But the true reasons for his return are not clear.
Sep 2014
One winter night, the sea once again threatens the flat tower where Teresa lives. The next day, her daughter comes to pressure her to leave everything behind.
Apr 2023
The wanderer Rascal embarks on a psychotic and contradictory journey to break out of the ego bubble in which his self-loathing and isolation have inserted him in. After his metamorphosis, his soulmate, Paloma, makes him realize that life is as complicated as it is simple - and that all that's left to do is to live.
Oct 2024
An old man is awaken for a night that will change his life.
Feb 2015
Vasco is exposed to his brother's extremist ideals, expressed through the National Socialist Black Metal genre. However, Vasco doesn't identify with the movement's nature and hides from his brother an essential aspect of his life, in order to avoid a fraternal break, while tracing the path of self-acceptance.
Mar 2020
In an empty house, we see the memories of a home, from those who once lived and filled it with joy and love.
Feb 2024
An essay film about a woman who does not fulfill her supposed biological purpose, thus seeking to redefine herself through a journey through her doubts, aspirations and insecurities.
Nov 2021