Michael Melski

A journey through 40 years of life of the most important Film Festival in Portugal, through the voice of its President and Director, Mário Dorminsky and Beatriz Pacheco Pereira. Born at a coffee shop table in the "Invicta" - Porto City, with a subsidy of 15 "contos" (75EUR), since 1981 it hasn't stopped bringing us cinema, and given its weight and peculiarity, The project developed and soon became a reality, with the screening of several sessions a day, the realization of retrospectives and, also, in parallel, the promotion of concerts and art exhibitions. It is considered the biggest film festival in Portugal, and internationally recognized as one of the most important worldwide, and is now entering its 40th edition.

The story of a teenage boy coming of age in a suburban grow-operation, where every day is paradise or fresh hell. But it's always a trip. Sheltered all his life and home-schooled by loving parents who are also committed criminals, Quinn Dawson yearns to experience the normalcy of the suburban world which surrounds him.

Plans go awry when a disgraced boxer is hired to abduct a runaway crackhead by her family.

Plans go awry when a disgraced boxer is hired to abduct a runaway crackhead by her family.

Darcy is a 28-year-old, good-looking charmer with the life aspirations of a 15-year-old. He’s happiest when he’s with his best friends Lynn and Peter, and he turns to his 13-year-old sage/skateboard buddy Trish when he needs a little guidance. But his carefree life is coming to an end. Lynn has accepted a “real” job on the other side of the world, Minneapolis, and is dragging boyfriend Peter along with her! Suddenly, Darcy finds himself facing the prospects of losing his two closest friends, his roommate, his job, and worst of all, his perpetual adolescence.

Rare Bird Alert chronicles a punk rock birder’s odyssey across North America as he explores how the climate crisis is affecting birds, from the viewpoint of other birders. The film observes that every birder is their own unique species and explores how birding has gone mainstream and is soaring in popularity.

Rare Bird Alert chronicles a punk rock birder’s odyssey across North America as he explores how the climate crisis is affecting birds, from the viewpoint of other birders. The film observes that every birder is their own unique species and explores how birding has gone mainstream and is soaring in popularity.

A single mom creates an unlikely weapon in the fight for world peace after her best friend a soldier, is axed in the head by a terrorist. Only now she finds herself in the battle of her life taking on corporate giants.

The story of a teenage boy coming of age in a suburban grow-operation, where every day is paradise or fresh hell. But it's always a trip. Sheltered all his life and home-schooled by loving parents who are also committed criminals, Quinn Dawson yearns to experience the normalcy of the suburban world which surrounds him.

An expectant couple's intimate weekend turns to terror as they discover their secluded country inn is a haunted maternity home where infants and mothers were murdered.

An ex-con finds his plan to go straight foiled by a loan shark who manipulates his target into taking on one last heist.

An ex-con finds his plan to go straight foiled by a loan shark who manipulates his target into taking on one last heist.

An expectant couple's intimate weekend turns to terror as they discover their secluded country inn is a haunted maternity home where infants and mothers were murdered.

An expectant couple's intimate weekend turns to terror as they discover their secluded country inn is a haunted maternity home where infants and mothers were murdered.