Inês Lebreaud

Ten books, ten municipalities, ten women directors, ten TV-movies. The same universe: Told by Women. Comedy, romance, adventure, historical dramas, narrative content by great Portuguese-speaking writers and the vision of ten women directors from different generations and different creative backgrounds who portray a country that, in the last 100 years, finds itself towards freedom.

A lorry, a road and an unpredictable destiny, all intersecting in a human trafficking network. Caught up in this web, Viktoriya has only one chance: fight to survive.

Years after her son's disappearance, a mother keeps trying to find him after an abduction that justice cannot solve while she is moving in a universe that wants to force her to mourn a child that she believes is still alive.

A teenager does a forced summer job in a forest watchtower, indifferent to the immigrants in the surrounding greenhouses.

After a lifetime apart, two childhood friends reunite, now widowed and elderly, in the village where they grew up. As they try to resolve past disagreements, they deal with their families' decision to place them in a nursing home. Knowing that they are nearing the end of their lives, the two friends strive to fulfill their old promise to stay together forever.

The fascination with the last inhabitant of a remote village leads young Bia down unexpected paths and reflections.

Something unexpected brings Vitor back to the house where he was born. His return awakes ghosts from the past and a war long ago locked within this family.

Oliveira do Hospital, 1995. A screenwriter looking for inspiration, a failed actor trying to get back into the spotlight, and a suitcase full of cash hidden in a chimney. These are the ingredients of Serpentina, whose characters, while trying to make a movie, find themselves in a gangster film they don't know how to get out of. This film is part of the Contado Por Mulheres (Told by Women) project. This is a unique project in Portuguese audiovisual media that brings us the freshness of new female directors, all from different generations and recognized for their talent in various areas such as cinema, theater, dance, and advertising.

Alberto is 40 years old and lives with his mother in an apartment complex where he works as a concierge. One day, a circus group settles near Alberto’s residence, disturbing his everyday life and awakening his forgotten desire for independence and freedom.

The day they were preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve, Antonio is once again abandoned by his wife and children.

At Christmas dinner, Judas recounts to his strange group of friends the misadventures of his encounter with an old rival.

The eternal guilt, the attempt at redemption, the infinite ramifications. There is no turning back to what Marília has done.