Alexander David

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Sob Influência
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Sob Influência

Sep 17, 2022

Sob Influência
2022 20 min 1 vues
Laura is on a vacation with her friends for the weekend in a luxurious and isolated house. The group decide to do a hallucinogenic drug and seem to become absorbed by their nature surroundings. However, after a strange encounter at night, Laura is having trouble facing reality.
A Primeira Idade
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A Primeira Idade

Jan 25, 2023

A Primeira Idade
2023 82 min 1 vues
On a secluded island lives an autonomous community of children who don’t speak, communicating only in gestures. Guided by the eldest among them, they operate like an agrarian commune with strict rules and beliefs. Adults are banished into the surrounding woods, and every year, the oldest member of the village is sent to jump off a cliff – a ceremony that is believed to bestow eternal youth on the chosen one. This way of life is threatened when one adventurous child heeds the call of the forbidden forest.
Drama
Uma Rapariga da sua Idade
6.5

Uma Rapariga da sua Idade

Apr 29, 2015

Uma Rapariga da sua Idade
2015 88 min 4 vues
Mariana is a young woman looking to fulfill the dream she was once committed with when she left her parents’ house to live with Alex, in Lisbon. When he leaves to New York, she cannot bear what has been left for her. Even though the return seemed unthinkable, she goes back to the North. The burden of failure and the crossing of a legendary river, lead her to an ancient tale: once you cross the river of forgetfulness, your own past will also be forgotten. Alex returns while she is searching for a new setting for herself. He no longer believes in this country. She has gotten closer to the place where everything has started for her. He will leave. She will not return.
Drama
Ovnis, Monstros e Utopias: Três Curtas Queer
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Ovnis, Monstros e Utopias: Três Curtas Queer

Jun 20, 2024

Ovnis, Monstros e Utopias: Três Curtas Queer
2024 82 min 1 vues
Three Portuguese queer short films brought together in a program that charts an alternative path through converging universes, forming a new constellation of desires, fears, and struggles. Entre a Luz e o Nada by Joana de Sousa, Sob Influência by Ricardo Branco, and Uma Rapariga Imaterial by André Godinho are three cinematic gestures that explore techniques and narratives from science fiction to horror, seeking new ways to view and imagine other possibilities. After traveling through various festivals, these films can now be experienced together, in a mutual exploration of mysterious worlds, unsettling dreams, and singular visions.
Science Fiction
Encontro Silencioso
3.5

Encontro Silencioso

May 05, 2017

Encontro Silencioso
2017 83 min 1 vues
Bound by a silent pact, five students make a secret trip to the country for what seems to be an initiation ceremony. In threatening landscapes and abandoned ruins, they submit to the strange rituals of their leader, the Dux.
Mystery
Too Many Daddies, Mommies and Babies
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Too Many Daddies, Mommies and Babies

Jan 01, 2009

Too Many Daddies, Mommies and Babies
2009 25 min 1 vues
In a dystopian future where survival of all life on the planet depends on the ragged remnants of what used to be the Amazon rainforest, eco-activist couple Rob and Ryan acknowledge the fact that their mission to save humanity from extinction is doomed. Leaving the rainforest behind, they and adopt little Sasha, born of a young woman who rented her womb for money only to die giving birth. Forced to look straight into the cynicism and selfishness of their choices, while Apocalypse rages around them, Rob and Ryan must finally face their own contradictions without hypocrisy.
Mourir comme un homme
5.75

Mourir comme un homme

Oct 15, 2009

Mourir comme un homme
2009 133 min 20 vues
Tonia, transexuelle, essaie d'effacer les traces de son passé mais, vieillissante, se sent plonger dans une profonde crise existentielle.
Drama
Circo do Amor
7.5

Circo do Amor

Jul 15, 2018

Circo do Amor
2018 20 min 2 vues
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.
Drama
Canal
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Canal

Nov 20, 2014

Canal
2014 23 min 1 vues
He came from the city and is trying to fit in the countryside – Alentejo. His life is dedicated to picking raspberries, hunting and taking swims in the canal. She is passing through and comes from the world he wanted to leave behind. One day they meet and their attraction is immediate. But their natures prevail over all else: she is free and he's a hunter.
Drama
A Canção de Lisboa
5.7

A Canção de Lisboa

Jul 14, 2016

A Canção de Lisboa
2016 110 min 13 vues
How happy and proud they are those two ladies back in Oporto! Thanks to them, their bright nephew can study medicine in Lisbon and may already have become a doctor. Little do they know, not only Vasco wastes all his time drinking, dancing and picking up girls but he has just failed his final exam! And in that same day, he receives an email from the two aunts announcing their visit to Lisbon! Will he be able to make them believe he is such a good student as they think?
Comedy
Manhã de Santo António
5.3

Manhã de Santo António

May 24, 2012

Manhã de Santo António
2012 25 min 3 vues
Tradition says that on 13 June, Saint Anthony’s Day (the national holiday of Lisbon’s patron), lovers must offer small vases of basil with paper carnations and flags with popular poems as a token of their love.
History
Fratelli
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Fratelli

Jan 27, 2012

Fratelli
2012 27 min 1 vues
Gabriel Abrantes and Alexander Melo deconstruct the 1st section of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew as a playful, vibrant ode to bacchanalia, classicism and homoeroticism.
Comedy
A Metamorfose dos Pássaros
6.6

A Metamorfose dos Pássaros

Jul 30, 2021

A Metamorfose dos Pássaros
2021 101 min 35 vues
Filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos sifts through the memories of her ancestors. Her naval officer grandfather, Henrique, who married her grandmother, Beatriz, on her 21st birthday, spent extended periods at sea, leaving her with six children. This is the beginning of a generational saga.
Documentary
À fleur d'eau
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À fleur d'eau

Jan 25, 2024

À fleur d'eau
2024 23 min 1 vues
Filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos sifts through the memories of her ancestors. Her naval officer grandfather, Henrique, who married her grandmother, Beatriz, on her 21st birthday, spent extended periods at sea, leaving her with six children. This is the beginning of a generational saga.
Drama
À fleur d'eau
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À fleur d'eau

Jan 25, 2024

À fleur d'eau
2024 23 min 1 vues
Filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos sifts through the memories of her ancestors. Her naval officer grandfather, Henrique, who married her grandmother, Beatriz, on her 21st birthday, spent extended periods at sea, leaving her with six children. This is the beginning of a generational saga.
Drama
Azul
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Azul

Jan 26, 2022

Azul
2022 20 min 1 vues
Ara has always believed she will vanish when she turns 28 years old. As her birthday approaches, she submerges in the most fundamental sensations of existence. A masterful debut film from director-writer Ágata de Pinho, whose performance leads her character from trauma to catharsis in the most beautiful way.
A Primeira Idade
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A Primeira Idade

Jan 25, 2023

A Primeira Idade
2023 82 min 1 vues
On a secluded island lives an autonomous community of children who don’t speak, communicating only in gestures. Guided by the eldest among them, they operate like an agrarian commune with strict rules and beliefs. Adults are banished into the surrounding woods, and every year, the oldest member of the village is sent to jump off a cliff – a ceremony that is believed to bestow eternal youth on the chosen one. This way of life is threatened when one adventurous child heeds the call of the forbidden forest.
Drama
A Primeira Idade
1

A Primeira Idade

Jan 25, 2023

A Primeira Idade
2023 82 min 1 vues
On a secluded island lives an autonomous community of children who don’t speak, communicating only in gestures. Guided by the eldest among them, they operate like an agrarian commune with strict rules and beliefs. Adults are banished into the surrounding woods, and every year, the oldest member of the village is sent to jump off a cliff – a ceremony that is believed to bestow eternal youth on the chosen one. This way of life is threatened when one adventurous child heeds the call of the forbidden forest.
Drama
A Primeira Idade
1

A Primeira Idade

Jan 25, 2023

A Primeira Idade
2023 82 min 1 vues
On a secluded island lives an autonomous community of children who don’t speak, communicating only in gestures. Guided by the eldest among them, they operate like an agrarian commune with strict rules and beliefs. Adults are banished into the surrounding woods, and every year, the oldest member of the village is sent to jump off a cliff – a ceremony that is believed to bestow eternal youth on the chosen one. This way of life is threatened when one adventurous child heeds the call of the forbidden forest.
Drama
Estrada para o Céu
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Estrada para o Céu

Aug 26, 2020

Estrada para o Céu
2020 17 min 2 vues
In a small apartment in the city, a mother and her son live their own secret and silent routines, sharing these not even with each other. They would like to spend time together, perhaps even talk to each other, but he grows up with animals and planets, whereas she is always elsewhere. The long and circular days push them further inside themselves, but maybe the spark of an unexpected connection can still set them free.
Drama