Production
Diogo Pinto was born in Porto, Portugal. He has worked as a producer, cinematographer and editor.
Andreia's arrival disturbs Ana and João's relationship and awakens dormant desires.
Short film by Eloy Serén
Teresa, a Catholic girl, is torn between the desire she thinks she feels for Maria, her long-time friend, and her faith, which she is no longer sure she has. Teresa is increasingly consumed by the world around her, by her confirmation dress and by the moment that is brewing in this closed space: the confession of her sin.
An essay film about a woman who does not fulfill her supposed biological purpose, thus seeking to redefine herself through a journey through her doubts, aspirations and insecurities.
A game of Paintball emerges as a vehicle for the exploration of masculinity and power dynamics among a group of boys.
An essay film that focuses on rebuilding the idea of the Paralympic athlete through a historical revisiting of the Paralympic games. The archival images are accompanied by two voices of contemporary Paralympians that reminisce on their work as athletes and the way they and other people have dealt with their disabilities.
Pilar, a jealous mother, receives her daughter-in-law for her son's birthday dinner for the first time. When she realizes that she's no longer the priority for him, indignant and vindictive, she decides to change her plans for dinner and provoke her daughter-in-law with a dish that knows she hates.
A real test to the relationship of two brothers. "Guardião" accompanies the conflict between State and fraternal love.
A documentary series focused on the work of portuguese photographers searching for their images, following them through every stage of each project. Between the first intuition and a final photograph, this series portraits those time eclipses.
A ballet dancer struggles to deal with pressure.
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Accused of adultery, Ana Augusta Plácido and Camilo Castelo Branco were imprisoned for more than a year in the Porto Prison, she in June 1860, he in October of the same year, after an adventurous escape from justice through the lands of the North.
A November day in Porto, in a square where skaters jump up a flight of stairs. Three characters share a moment, which is divided into three subjective shots and which, without dialogue, are intended to characterize them emotionally. The idea of shared love is called into question.
In 1985, in a village in the Portuguese countryside, Alberto needs to use his late father's motorcycle to get to the village dance.
New short film by Carolina Neves
Dawn. Through the mist, morning's early light arises. But a stronger one stands out. It's a wildfire that spreads in the distance. From her home, in the top of the mount, a worried woman faces the flames. But it's not the proximity of danger that troubles her. Inside her house, her daughter sleeps, indifferent to the smoke that enters her room.
The first recorded testimony of a group of Brazilian Catholic women who, in the 1970s, embraced the emerging movement of Liberation Theology — a force that reshaped the Church in Latin America by aligning faith with social justice and the struggles of the poor under authoritarian regimes. Pressured by the Brazilian dictatorship and in conflict with Church hierarchy, they broke with the institution, took a vow of anonymity, and fled into exile in Rome, escaping aboard cargo ships. Today, the fifteen women who remain from the original group agree, for the first time, to share their story.
New short film by João Mendes Pinto
In an unknown, natural and antagonistic place, the feelings of two lovers are haunted by the imminence of nightfall.
Visions of past decades haunt him. His one eye, centered in his head, swivels schizophrenic, not knowing what to focus on. Connected to the past and the future by the same cable, information overflows and metamorphoses into something timeless. Fragments, colors, images, violence, pleasure appear. The system is pushed to its limit, countdown to meltdown. Frequencies intersect, add, subtract. The RGB translation subsystem starts to focus on a single spectrum, a final electronic spasm to prevent self-destruction. 666 THz. The color spectral comparison program is started to determine the signal. Blue.
