UBI - Universidade da Beira Interior

What would we be able to do for love? How far could we go in an extreme situation? Is there a monster inside each one of us waiting to reveal itself? Guilherme is a young man like many others, with dreams and aspirations, until one day his grandfather’s health puts him to test.

Constantino works as a keeper of flocks during the day and as a keeper of a museum during the night. He works continuously since he has nowhere to live. Aurora passes by him every morning and end of the day. One day she is brave enough to talk to him.

Conceição escapes from the Nursing Home with the help of her grandaughter Lia. The two of them go on a trip to the coast of Algarve in order to watch a bird called Calcamar.

Asylum-treated Marco, a psychologically fragile young man, plots a daring escape from a remote psychiatric hospital.

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.

Mesa Posta is a film that lives off the violence of a life, which is shown in the simplicity of the gestures of the person who plays it. The habits, beliefs and moments of this story are told in the act of setting the table, then the brutality of life is confronted by the beauty and the grace of the objects that make it: the table is set as life is told.

A landscape remembers how it developed into the mountain it is today. From glacial tongues to raging wildfires, the story is a reminiscence of the human impact on landscapes.

Rui is a young competitive athlete with a winning sports career who is diagnosed with cancer. His life begins to revolve around the disease, leading him to sink into a deep depression with no apparent way out. Rui's journey seems dark and suffocating, but his recovery and happiness lie in others.