António Costa Valente

A boy and a girl fall in love. But on the night they met, she was drunk and stoned and he took advantage of her. Although she does not remember almost anything from that night, she remembers something that may compromise their relationship.

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At the age of 22, Sofia discovers that her father and grandfather belong to the “Order of Idol Makers”. This Order planned and executed the deaths of Socrates, John F. Kennedy, Elvis, Marylin Monroe, and many others in order to turn them into Idols. They believe that idols are necessary to inspire young people and to promote noble values in a society that is increasingly full of frivolous / vain / superficial ideas and people. Their death is the only way to immortalize the noblest among them. However, until now, only men who are sons of members of the Order were allowed to join. Now, for the first time, they’ve decided to give a woman the chance...

We only understand some behaviour when we duplicate them involuntarily.

Dr. Ivan has found two radical cures for unhappiness: the diagnosis of fake terminal cancers and the temporary elimination of some of the 5 senses. But will the therapies result or will they have unforeseeable side effects?

A shy Portuguese poet and an exuberant English occultist meet up in Lisbon in 1930. When the last one disappears, an English detective begins a thorough investigation: was it a suicide, as reported. Or a homicide? This is the real story of the brief meeting between Fernando Pessoa, Aleister Crowley, and Hanni Larissa Jaeger.

The story of a kingdom where everything is forbidden and whose King builds an endless tower in his castle, while the forest, which supplies all materials, is being destroyed. The young protagonist tries to save the forest but falls in love with the path, which will prove to be a setback...

Ricardo and Ana are a thirty something couple, chosen to be the subject of a documentary about relationships. For 15 days the documentary team will record them, as well as their friends, family and colleagues, making a recap of their 18 years together. What nobody knows is that Ricardo wants to leave Ana, but hasn't had the courage to do so. The documentary forces him to face this reality and, in his search for answers, he involves three very close friends who share different views about their relationship and what he should do. With each conversation, he becomes even more confused.

Pedro and Inês, a couple, travel from Lisbon to watch Ovar's Carnaval. They get lost in the swamp of Ria, where they almost run over Teresa, a missing child. Teresa runs away, and Pedro and Inês search for her in the lagoon, white also protecting her from a strange and dangerous group of masked people who also look for the child called the Dominos.

Valentine has only one: to go to Luxembourg to see his father. To achieve this, he allies himself with Justino, a wise old man with any answer on the tip of his tongue. A tale about a little apprentice and his demanding master.

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A colour play and close e close shots of the boats. A poetics of the boat among the shadows of something that looks like rubble. A course between boats and sidewalks with a penguin device?

Vicente was a mean old man, short of words. In his collection, he lacked the pyx of mercy he so admired.

On July 6th, 1808, the "Bom Sucesso" caique and 18 fishermen left Olhão, in Portugal, towards Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), taking with them the good news that Portugal was finally free of Napoleon's enemy troops.

S. had the gift of feeling the life of nature through her body.

Their farewell was inevitable, a love that from the beginning was doomed to impossibility, since the two belong to different and opposite worlds. The suffering caused by separation is the Portuguese way of living, resigned to the slow decay of affections, under the effect of an almost nauseating and contagious sickness feeling.

France has more than 200 football clubs of Portuguese origin in its amateur leagues. Famille FC reveals aspects of their origin(s), the relationship with the country left behind and the host country, and the inexplicable stubbornness of being Portuguese.

This film launches the references to the dystopian universe proposed in the SCULP project. The action takes place in a post-capitalist world, where a universal "correct will" determines all human decisions. Conflict resolution is established and a peaceful balance is achieved.

A ritual of three decades takes place in a coffee shop. A fortune-telling mother, a distant father and an excessively noisy family.

Cat with no Name is a short 15 minute long film, animated and produced by Antonio Costa Valente and Cineclube de Avanca the financial support of ICA and the executive production of Smarty Cool Studios , directed by Charlie Blue, The short movie was based on a book written by Natércia Rocha known for her great works, the author has left us with a vast collection of children’s literature. The original music is composed by musician Nik Phelps. The story revolves around a girl named Claudia who is about to celebrate her birthday when inside her awakens a strange curiosity of wanting to become a fly, to hear her parents’ thoughts, like this she could find out just exactly what she would be receiving on her birthday. The short film with many awards at various festivals worldwide.