João Cravo Cardoso

Sulis

Thomas, while walking the dog Sulis through the forest, is led to a strange bracelet that arouses his curiosity.

Alvorada

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.

A Entrevista

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.

Sheila

A film about the egocentric and superficial youth and the evermore consumerist society.

Out of Bounds

After being discouraged by his aunt, Leo contradicts her expectations and tries to fight for a place in the local football team trials.

Ruptura

Portuguese short film by Gonçalo Santos.

Dicotomia

Johnny White

Johnny White, a rising Youtube star, uploads a video that goes viral for the wrong reasons. A mix of consequences surges and Johnny tries to regain the trust of sweet and friendly Lary to prove her he's not the bad guy.

13h

This is a story about love, which collides with acceptance and self-knowledge. What does time tell us? Two young people made a promise of love. What started as a joke, intensified. However, the encounter to which they had faithfully committed for a long time, became a faint memory. This woman, while waiting, questions the past, her choices and decisions, which allows her to discover the power of time.

Tales from the Mountain

Adaptation of Miguel Torga's iconic short stories. An intimate look at a rural community in the 1940s. Each chapter has its own protagonist, whose existence is untouched by modernity or the outside world. Five portraits of humble lives with enormous resistance to suffering - and a capacity for violence that, at times, proves impossible to repress.