Lisa Persson

Dans les années 1920, à la demande de l’un de ses employeurs, le poète Fernando Pessoa conçoit un slogan publicitaire pour la boisson Coca-Louca, qui fait paniquer le gouvernement autoritaire de l’époque.

Une vieille dame au fort tempérament, sa femme de ménage Cap-Verdienne et sa voisine dévouée à de bonnes causes partagent le même étage d’un immeuble à Lisbonne. Lorsque la première meurt, les deux autres prennent connaissance d’un épisode de son passé : une histoire d’amour et de crime dans une Afrique de film d’aventures.

In a small studio we unveil the nature of the creative process of João Gabriel, a young promise of Portuguese contemporary painting. A work marked by the presence of the male figure and the sexuality of pornographic films from the 70's and 80's. Transgressing the boundaries of pleasure and navigating through new experiences of desire, in a joyful rebellion where João Gabriel’s paintings invite us to delve in.

In a small studio we unveil the nature of the creative process of João Gabriel, a young promise of Portuguese contemporary painting. A work marked by the presence of the male figure and the sexuality of pornographic films from the 70's and 80's. Transgressing the boundaries of pleasure and navigating through new experiences of desire, in a joyful rebellion where João Gabriel’s paintings invite us to delve in.

In a small studio we unveil the nature of the creative process of João Gabriel, a young promise of Portuguese contemporary painting. A work marked by the presence of the male figure and the sexuality of pornographic films from the 70's and 80's. Transgressing the boundaries of pleasure and navigating through new experiences of desire, in a joyful rebellion where João Gabriel’s paintings invite us to delve in.

This is the story of a young Mozambican footballer called Eusébio, a gifted athlete destined to great achievements, coveted by rival clubs, Sporting and Benfica, which ends up hiring him. Blackmail, kidnapping attempts, ministers involved, press hysteria and huge money offers make the story of this football transfer into a saga evolving between the two continents. It ends up when the legend begins: with Eusébio’s first match at the Benfica Stadium.

This is the story of a young Mozambican footballer called Eusébio, a gifted athlete destined to great achievements, coveted by rival clubs, Sporting and Benfica, which ends up hiring him. Blackmail, kidnapping attempts, ministers involved, press hysteria and huge money offers make the story of this football transfer into a saga evolving between the two continents. It ends up when the legend begins: with Eusébio’s first match at the Benfica Stadium.

A 2008 short made in accompaniment with Our Beloved Month of August, documenting Gomes's and his crew's hapless search, during 2007's carnival, for one of Arganil's most storied and elusive characters (who does, in fact, ultimately appear as an interviewee/player in the finished film). Paulo "Miller" is known for taking a dangerous jump into the Alva from a bridge each year during carnival, but what this film is about is, in keeping with the free-roving feature, much less the subject himself than Gomes and co.'s inability to pin him down; not only does he not do his famous jump during this year's carnival, but an ostensible technical/audio failure (as with the feature, it's very difficult to say how much of this film is "fact," how much invented) during Gomes's initial on-camera meeting with Paulo "Miller" leads to five minutes of lip-readers attempting to decipher their conversation.

At 19, Antonio fled his Portuguese farm family for life on the other side of the globe. Five decades later, his decision still leaves an irrevocably sour taste.

Documentary short about the April’s Captains and the Carnation Revolution from the point of view of the MFA (Armed Forces Movement)- a coalition of Military officers – namely Captains and Majors – who banded together to overthrow the Authoritarian regime that ruled Portugal for over 40 years.

With no career expectations, a temperamental young woman gave in to a job as a maid in a hotel. Makes the beds, replaces the towels, replaces the soaps. One day she discovers a suitcase left behind by a whimsical French tourist, inside which she finds a lime green canary, a natural yogurt and a five hundred euro envelope.