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- Clara is a young dancer with an obsession for perfection. When, on the eve of her performance, she is faced with an injury that could stop her from dancing, she feels forced to hide it. In "Clara", the narrative transports us through a journey of pain and overcoming. A story of resilience inspired by the passion for ballet.
- Every year, in the province with the highest rate of desertification in Portugal, thirteen villages of the border rejuvenate a bullfight with unique characteristics: the Capeia Arraiana. The butlers prepare they party and contribute to the ethnographic heritage, starting a ritual of emancipation where we can see confrontations with the force of the bull. Several men wear a rudimentary object made of wood, and fight the bulls that are brought in, often from Spain. The villages compete against each other in search of the Best Capeia of the Year.
- A love letter from an American soul to the city of Lisbon.
- The biography of Portuguese sculptor Rui Chafes.
- Recent population growth in the capital leads to an ambitious development plan, involving public and private initiative as documented here, pinpointing over 60 locations (streets, roads, parks, schools) being modernized or built anew. The narrative and soundtrack are grandiloquent, in the propaganda style required by the Producer (the Municipal Council of Lisbon, then directly dependent of the national government), but the images and data are now of historical relevance.
- Prince Siegfried had to choose a wife during the ball celebrating his coming-of-age ceremony.
- Dodu, a fearless little cardboard boy, Camilla, an enchanting 8 year old girl and Santa, a Father Christmas for every day, rescue Camilla's father from the claws of the Waste Monster.
- ENO's revival of Calixto Bieito's hugely successful production of Carmen. Steeped in the political and historical influences of his native Spain, Bietito's Carmen reveals a modern, uncompromising approach to this masterpiece.
- Cova da Moura Island follows this neighbourhood's daily life, finding the cape verdean reflections in it and searching for the ways in which social exclusion is fought or perpetuated in the lives of it's residents.
- This documentary follows a group of habitants from Cova da Moura neighborhood into a journey to Cape Verde, to celebrate St. John festivities.
- The black and white draw the threes elements, animating ordinary things in a poetic sense of the image.
- La Traviata tells the moving story of how the beautiful but fragile courtesan Violetta is coerced into sacrificing her one hope of personal happiness for the sake of her lover's reputation.
- A Sea of Trash is a portuguese documentary by Tânia Paiva and Tiago Mendes dos Santos about the biggest beach cleaning action in Portugal. In May 2019, for 18 days, hundreds of volunteers from the "Sea's Brigade" association collected 20 tons of garbage, along the 45 kilometers between Troia and Melides, in the county of Grândola. In the beginning, "Sea's Brigade" collected twice this amount of garbage in the same location.
- Agressivity and the will to compete are also part of childhood. At a poor district's boxing club the kids live a close friendship and find a place to express a fury that is violent but liberating.
- Episode investigates the extraordinary memory of several individuals who suffer disability, yet possess extraordinary mental skills.
- Midfield is the story of an inner strength that overcomes the obvious and places us in front of our own weaknesses. The ordinary day of a stevedore. And a Sunday of an extraordinary man.
- Video Clips. Tracklist: "(Get a) Grip (On Yourself)"; "Something Better Change"; "Peaches"; "Hanging Around"; "Straighten Out"; "Five Minutes"; "No More Heroes"; "Sweden"; "Nice 'N' Sleazy"; "Duchess"; "Nuclear Device"; "Bearcage"; "Who Wants the World"; "Golden Brown"; "La Folie"; "Strange Little Girl"
- In the Bairro Alto district, in the hearth of Lisbon, a strange cacophony music resounds from morning till night in Caetanos' street. It comes from the old convent of the XVIIth century which sheltered the city's Conservatory of music.
- The life and work of one of the most influential composers of the 20th Century: Igor Stravinsky, narrated by himself. Footage, rehearsals, concerts, and interviews.
- Long underwater documentary, and sort of a scientific diary, with a group of scientists, sportsmen and journalists, filmed at the Red Sea around the Dahlak Islands, the Egyptian coast, Sudan and Eritrea, the deserted Brother and Zabargadh islands, the calm waters of Gubbet Mus Nefit Bay and the coral forest of Shawdan. Sharks, barracuda, venomous fish and deadly mantas add excitement to the sharp black and water photography.
- For centuries belief in miracles has been relegated to lunatics and religious fanatics. But not so very long ago, that all began to change. In 1991, LIFE Magazine ran a cover story about miracles and became one of the first mainstream news source to acknowledge the thousands of mysterious, 'miraculous' phenomena that had been happening around the world. "Acts of God" is a compelling and inspirational examination of the scientific evidence behind these miracles, and presents all the facts needed for viewers to draw their own conclusions. It examines the worldwide belief in miraculous events and how they affect everyday people, and includes the testimony of a respected medical doctor who has documented proof of the healing power of prayer. An unprecedented television event for the entire family, this informative and objective special hosted by world-renowned journalist Bryant Gumbel is sure to leave even the most skeptical non-believers scratching their heads and asking -- are miracles possible?
- The documentary interview with the author of the children's tale "Serei a Vilã da Minha Própria História?"
- Generation Orchestra is a portrait of the impact of an initiative by the same name students from the Miguel Torga School, in Amadora. The initiative was inspired by the international project Orquestra Simon Bolivar, the apex of the National Network of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela. Ana, Daniel, Diogo and Monica take part in Generation Orchestra and devote themselves to a project that breaks with the formatted context of public schooling and becomes an indispensable part of their lives. From the onset, starting with Drama classes, we discover their dreams, their relationship with music and their sense of truly belonging to a group.
- Letters from Angola is a voyage into a forgotten past where several stories intersect - that of Angolan-born filmmaker Dulce Fernandes and those of the Cubans who fought in the Angolan war. A journey through today's Cuba, the film uncovers the lost connection to a land left behind and it's a poetic reflection on the fragile place of the individual in the midst of the tectonic movements of history.