Escola das Artes - Universidade Católica

We are in the year 2043 and our existence is immersed in a sea of apathy. A reflexion about our evolution as humans.

Around a feeling of dysphoria, figures move within a dream processed in cyanotype.

Short animation film about the fear of singing in public

A girl runs away from home to be with her friend, a fantastic forest creature, while her parents desperately try to find her.

Driven by will to give life and realizing the hinder it’s inevitable to face the spiral of time. An abyssal record guided by morethanhuman relations through internal landscapes and authentic conversationsto reestablish the flow of Metamorphosis: leaping from being to being like new ways of saying I.

In a bucolic place on the island of Flores, the most remote of the Azores archipelago, a lonely man lives in complete isolation, without any kind of human interaction. With him, just a black cat and a spotted cow. His daily routine is lived between his house and a lighthouse that apparently is, or has been, in his charge.

Pedro is a young man, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, but one day, he wakes up feeling different.

In an old discotheque in Porto, about to close, Fátima and Vidal meet for what could be their last dance.

In an empty house, we see the memories of a home, from those who once lived and filled it with joy and love.

In a remote rural area, a woman on the run has a supernatural encounter surrounded by enigmatic sounds. As she immerses herself in that reality, she is confronted with unexpected phenomena that her rational mind cannot understand.

Rua de Santa Catarina, a street that was formerly home to dozens of local businesses and hundreds of Porto residents, now sees a crowd of tourists attracted by the cheap, disposable amenities that are popping up everywhere at once. Gentrification has decontextualized Portuguese culture, rendering the landscape uncanny. The Basin Woman, a symbol of the female workers of the historic Bolhão Market, is chased down by seagulls in the midst of this transcendent chaos.

A medieval tale about a soldier and his responsibility in announcing the tragic death of the King in combat.

Teresa is a surfer who lives a full love life until the day when, using an app that allows surfers to analyze the state of the sea in real-time, she realizes that something strange is happening on the beach. Intrigued by what she sees in the images, Teresa is faced with a decision that has been on hold for too long. At the same time, she realizes how she might not accept for others what she claims for herself…

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.

Rafa senses an eminent farewell, remembering bygone places, encounters and fleeting connections.

The wanderer Rascal embarks on a psychotic and contradictory journey to break out of the ego bubble in which his self-loathing and isolation have inserted him in. After his metamorphosis, his soulmate, Paloma, makes him realize that life is as complicated as it is simple - and that all that's left to do is to live.

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.

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.

A real test to the relationship of two brothers. "Guardião" accompanies the conflict between State and fraternal love.

A game of Paintball emerges as a vehicle for the exploration of masculinity and power dynamics among a group of boys.