Ana Brandão

Portuguese short film written and directed by Débora Gonçalves.

A woman recovering from a personal tragedy imprisons a man she met at a party, shutting him in a room of a building demolition.

Letters from Angola is a voyage into a forgotten past where several stories intersect - that of Angolan-born filmmaker Dulce Fernandes and those of the Cubans who fought in the Angolan war. A journey through today's Cuba, the film uncovers the lost connection to a land left behind and it's a poetic reflection on the fragile place of the individual in the midst of the tectonic movements of history.

In oPorto there is a club, Imperatriz, where everything is permitted. A moment in which all intersect in the dark night.

Dealing with the work Essay on Blindness' by the Portuguese Nobel Prize Winner José Saramago, Rui Simões directs a long documentary on the creative process of the adapting of this literary work by the Theatre group O Bando up to its opening night, in itself forming an essay on the art of making theatre.

It's Sunday, day of rest. At the river, the father fishes and drinks, the mother sleeps, the daughter plays...

João Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work. On his son's release from prison and João's ensuing deception triggers a series of somber events.

A philosophy-obsessed serial rapist stalks a university campus in broad daylight.

Rio Vermelho (Red River) is a short film about a pregnant woman which has a strong connection to the river. In spite of being pregnant she swims in the river as she always did, but suddenly her child wants to born, birth time has come and she feels helpless in the middle of the river…She asks for "Lady of Beyond" help…