ONCE YOU KNOW is the intimate journey of director Emmanuel Cappellin across the abyss of a world at the edge of climate-induced collapse. His voyage into this uncharted territory is that of a whole generation turning to climate scientists, local democracy, grassroots initiatives, and mass rebellion in a courageous search for an exit.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/510678372

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On the island of Ostrov, in the Caspian Sea the inhabitants, left alone by the Russian state after the collapse of the Soviet Union, survive through poaching. Ivan regularly goes out to sea risking his life and freedom. In addition to the political aspect, the film's empathetic view also paints a touching family portrait of its protagonists, who cling to a sense of hope in their family and community. The strong audiovisual approach capturing the rough natural beauty of the island underlines the cinematic potential of the film.

Trailer https://vimeo.com/542075901

Ten years after the film Home (2009), Yann Arthus-Bertrand looks back, with Legacy, on his life of fifty years of commitment. It's his most personal film. The photographer and director tells the story of nature and man. He also reveals a suffering planet and the ecological damage caused by man. He finally invites us to reconcile with nature and proposes several solutions.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9JlXNQILpA

MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM? The vibration of machines echoes across the desert. Ever since Jordanian nomads settled in the spectacular landscape of Wadi Rum, they grew dependent on complex water infrastructure. The source is right below their feet, yet they struggle to meet basic needs. In the meantime, deep water extraction feeds private large-scale farms, animates visionary development and secures growing urban population. Bedouins, farmers and city dwellers: they all expect to have a fair share, but digging for “blue gold” unleashes environmental timebomb.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/528431160
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Amina, Sami and Jennyfer are high school students in the Parisian suburbs. With their class, they embark on an unexpected investigation into a gigantic leisure park project that involves the urbanisation of farmland near their home. But do you have the power to act on your territory when you are 17 years old? Funny and intrepid, these young citizens take us to meet local residents, property developers, farmers and even elected members of the National Assembly. A delightful quest that challenges preconceived ideas and revives our connection to the land!

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/545958573

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Before 12-year-old Reyboy leaves the isolated fishing village where he grew up to attend high school in the city, director Venice Atienza joins him during his last days at sea, before the precious fleeting moments of his childhood turn into memory.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/512818199

Kentucky. For decades, Brian Ritchie’s family has been living in the heart of the Appalachians. However, the mines have been shut down, with nothing to replace them. Caught between a mythical past and an indiscernible future, Brian is one of the last witnesses of a vanishing world that inspires his poetry.

Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNT3vLfDMtc

Ophir tells the story of an extraordinary indigenous revolution for life, land and culture, leading up to the potential creation of the world’s newest nation in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. A poetic yet dramatic ode to the indelible thirst for freedom, culture and sovereignty; the film sheds light on the biggest conflict of the Pacific since WWII, revealing the visible and invisible chains of colonisation and its enduring cycles of physical and psychological warfare.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/360571958

A small town in Siberia is trapped for many months of quarantine. People die from a mysterious disease, whose origin comes from water. Survivors hide in their flats - but the running water is just as poisoned. Self-defense groups are moving along the empty streets and desperate loners are hunting for their fellows.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhtWPoZ3_k

Toxic Colonialism – the export of waste material from rich to poor countries – is on trial. A Swedish mining company exports 20,000 tonnes of toxic waste to the Chilean desert town of Arica. Thousands of people become sick, many die from cancer. ARICA plunges us into the groundbreaking corporate accountability trial which begins after Lars Edman – born in Chile and raised in Boliden – exposes the scandal. Alongside his co-director William Johansson, Lars follows the story for 15 years, exposing how decisions made decades ago in Europe continue to affect people in South America.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/472952272

The man from the border has spent his entire life searching for the biggest fish that the blue Danube hides. Every sunrise sees the old fisherman attempt to lure the river giant in an ancient fishing way by clapping on the river surface with a hand-carved piece of wood. Two rivals - one on the surface of the water and the other concealed within the depths of the mighty river are waiting to finally meet.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/432065064

She-wolf Naya, monitored on her journey from her birthplace in Germany through the Netherlands to Belgium, becomes more and more famous and visible – until it endangers not just her wildness, but her existence.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/519034504

Two polar bears are driven into exile due to global warming. They will encounter brown bears along their journey, with whom they will try to cohabitate.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/457795794

Lucia owns a family olive grove together with her brother Donato, but her trees have stopped producing as they once did because of a parasite that caused most of the trees to dry out. In a difficult process of acceptance, Lucia embarks on a journey between the present and the past where her identity as a human being is at stake.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjm-xRkDan8

"Last fall, in conjunction with the Bally Peak Outlook Foundation, an expedition team embarked on the first phase of the “8x8000 m” program to clean up the base camps of Nepal’s eight 8,000-meter mountains. During these months of lockdown, the 47-day cleanup, led by environmental activist and mountaineer Dawa Steven Sherpa, removed 2.2 tons of waste from the base camps of Cho Oyu (8,188m), Everest (8,848.86m), Lhotse (8,516m) and Makalu (8,485m).

A cloud descended upon the world. For the first time in our hectic global civilisation, we all stopped. Although it continues to be incredibly challenging for all of us, there is a certain beauty in this quietness. And, while parts of our world rage in the flames of a bygone time, those who remain have plenty to choose from. An opportunity, not to go back to the past, but to dream and act and create what will be ahead.

An emotional contribution for the visible violence scarring the landscape. This short experimental film brings light to the damage caused by the open-cast mining of construction flagstones in Galicia.

Rebellions are foreign to this animal farm. It is home for cows who give milk. One day in the life of a cattle farm, exemplary once, and now slowly slipping into decline: morning milking, evening milking, breeding stalls, farm dairy. A handful of women perform backbreaking and low-paying work to maintain the cowshed.

Trailer https://vimeo.com/488398028

Everyone at some point goes through a life changing transition. These acorns are doing just that. They are small acorns ejected from their home tree who must go on a journey to transform into mighty oak trees. The Acorns project is the story of three small acorns on a journey to become great oak trees, but it is also the journey of our small studio to test the limits of what we can do as filmmakers and animators. Through these stories we want to inspire curiosity throughout the world.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/tzh8VNBE6zk

Naia returns to the island of her childhood. There she will be forced to confront a dark past surrounded by whale sounds.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/561770672

Experimental documentary about memory and Eastern approach to life and death. Shot in five countries for three years, based on director's real experiences.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/433627835

The story of echo is about understanding and perception of wildlife and environmental abuse and its consequences on human race...

Trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/echo876

Francis, a farmer, struggles with a difficult decision about his best friend.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/340460096

The lives of a child of the Republic of Congo and a president of a technology company are connected by a material that will change them completely.

A hunter, tormented with the approaching death of his wife, is confronted with his emotions.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/395436931

The coronavirus is affecting the entire planet, killing thousands, changing the way we see the world and pushing our societies to rethink its habits deeply. One habit to improve above all others to be able to win the fight against this new common enemy is… hand-washing. But what about those places where fresh water is not a given primary commodity?

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/473766898

Once the fear was overcome, Elva opened her home and her prayers to us, a secret and profound message that she had hidden inside her. Elva spoke, looking us in the eye, revealing her sorrow and her face until her voice conquered the images and us with them. From that impulse this film was born, a letter whispered from the heart, a story full of life and resistance, dignity and decency.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2f0Ss4zjyw

Jeanne's last cutting tree site has been destroyed by environmental activists. While she tries to save some equipment, she ends up stuck on the first branch of a centuries-old tree, ten meters high. Her only hope: to climb higher to find some network.

The study of our planet’s glaciers is key to understanding climate change. Glaciers store 75% of our fresh water, reflect the excess heat back to the space and keep our planet cool.
A small air bubble trapped in ice millions of years ago possesses valuable information about past climate and analysing it provides direct data on when they were created.
Global warming is causing accelerated fusion of Arctic ice, the Greenland mantle and the most vulnerable regions of Antarctica, altering their habitats, ocean currents and the climate worldwide.
In listening to our earth’s glaciers recede in a disturbing silence, we are witnessing a change with no return, as each disappearing small ice particle slowly takes us one step closer to uncertain alteration.

Trailer: https://www.meltinglandscapesfilmproject.com/

In the 23rd century the Earth has been uninhabitable for generations. Now, children of the colonies must take a mandatory flight to visit the planet and commemorate the past.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/513345770

Maite Sánchez decides to make a life change and leaves the city behind to enter a life in the mountains, a life where survival, self-sufficiency and self-consumption prevail. She became the rancher of the last wild cow, the Betizú, a breed that is almost in extinction. This breed is raised in the wild in the mountains of Goizueta where she and her family live and share their lifestyle.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/486793140

After the divorce of her parents, Clara spends her first weekend alone with her father, which will lead her to face the hard task of meeting and living with someone who until now had been practically a stranger.

Sara lives in a bubble. All what is happening nowadays pushes her to begin a trip to try to find the essentials. An escape towards a re-encounter with nature, with a river as a metaphor of running live that will reveal many things for her.

An old man drives away with a little girl: it’s just the beginning of a story that touch the deepest sensibility and push ourselves to look inside us.

The beginning of the twenty-first century is marked by a contradictory intersection between the transformation of the global economy and the revolution in new technologies. These two disparate new realities have disrupted customs and traditions and are now bearing witness to different drifts, some with times that anesthetize and others that excite and exhilarate, yet without knowing where they are heading. The place portrayed in "Derivas" ("Drifts"), associated with the frontier of the sea and fishing boats, begins to be occupied by nomadic flows of people whose interests are very different to the origin of this place, completely redrawing and resituating new events.
O lugar retratado em “Derivas”, associado ao mar e aos barcos de pesca, começa a ser ocupado por fluxos de pessoas nómadas cujos interesses são muito diferentes das origens deste lugar, assim redesenhando e reposicionando novos acontecimentos.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O5lyH2WiEo

After declaring the confinement due to the Covid 19 health crisis, Mikel lives day to day immersed in a forced monotony. The memory of good times and the dream of new adventures give him the dose of energy he needs to face this unusual situation.

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After a big fight, a couple wakes up with an unbelievable problem: he can't speak and she can't hear anything. Doctors and exams are useless. A female Zen Master and a very special plant come to their aid.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/443320073

Paula is a girl who lives in a Spanish village after the Civil War. One day, while playing with her brother Pablo, she sees a werewolf in the forest. But, is it real or just the child’s imagination? Through the siblings quest to find the werewolf, we deepen into a relationship, full of loneliness, joy and fear.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/391058576

Followed by his faithful cameraman, a shady reporter takes off on a journey to document a presumed extinct species.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/CHEnKsrNPTc

When a future mother gazes at a fishing boat on the high seas, her mind wanders to a past and alternative reality where the sea is a source of life and prosperity. Back in reality, plastic has invaded the beaches, fishermen haul in nets full of rubbish and the future of the coming generations is compromised. But our future is in the hands of those who dream about taking action!

A man and his daughter are used to living in harmony and peace with nature, but some disruptions change their lovely little life.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/461724482

The Sun shines, ice melts. A polar bear on its own. A child cries out ah! The haiku poem you read above is the core of the "Scream For Ice". And the narrative form of "Scream For Ice" is based on the traditional Japanese art of poetry, Haiku.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/500378889

In a desert forest, inhospitable and dark, a small group of particular creatures dedicate themselves to collect in a ceremonial way the few remaining fruits. The creatures gather at the foot of what appears to be an altar made of dry logs and branches, similar to a cave. From the darkness of it a being of much larger size and of a different aspect to the creatures that offer it awakens. What is this ritual about?

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/424167038

“A Estrelinha no Geopark” (The Little Star in the Geopark) animation is a journey to the origins of the Serra da Estrela, going back more than 650 million years, when the mountain range was just an ocean floor. This is a guided visit through the landscape, the heritage and the history of the highest mountain in mainland Portugal, where we learn more about this fantastic region.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/424167038

Various wild animals are tragically losing their habitat caused by massive environmental destruction.

Trailer: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qbl2g8goipzgdma/Animals%20Habitat%20%28trailer%20by%20James%20Smith%29.mov?dl=0

Screen addiction. Species at risk. Whatever! A dead tree goes viral, attracting wildlife, a nature lover, and a crowd of online followers. Animated entirely outside, “Whatever Tree” examines our connection to nature in the age of social media, screens, and selfies.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/406885401

With the goal of raising awareness about water saving, #AÚltimaGota_Algarve (#TheLastDrop_Algarve) short animation depicts the manic consumption of water in Portugal, especially in the Algarve region, in the different sectors (tourism, agriculture, golf, domestic use) with no efforts made to spread the message that it’s a limited resource and that a shortage of rainfall will become increasingly “normal”. There is an urgent need to change attitudes and measures in the different sectors, investing in saving and reutilisation. Every single one of us must make wise choices to preserve this most precious of commodities! Because every drop counts!

A story told through symbols and meanings that lift the veil on the story of a knight, a baker and a child. Spoken using sketched lines that are projected, deflected, refracted and distorted, between light and mirrors.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/494995575

The APRENDER EM FILMES (LEARNING THROUGH FILMS) animated cinema workshop has invaded the Côa Museum. What serves as inspiration for the participants? The prehistoric cave art of Côa, of course!

Mizu discovers a small bud in the forest, everyday she goes back to water it. Over the years, Mizu and the small tree grow together. One day, the forest is flooded and the tree helps to save her life.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/431107606

From the earth we come and on the earth we become… and along the way, we forget the material base that dresses us, nourishes us and allows life on this planet. The hegemony of the white man is the epidemic that depletes the natural resource earth and, the overconsumption and the unreasonable use of technology, leads us to collective suicide that means being left without land on Earth. In the end, there is nothing left to sustain us.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/520649130

The story of a friendship between a lonely old man and an helpless nestling, confronted by a group of ignorant boys from the same neighborhood, stylized as a film of the 60s.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3KoA4GsIu8

Nono is the only inhabitant of planet Pano. He lives happily and spends his days taking care of his small and beloved planet. One day, the unexpected visit of Be2 will alter everything and will have a big impact on Nono. Despite their obvious differences, both will find a way to communicate and, therefore, live together in harmony.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/367215337

This short film is looking to raise awareness within the population in order to consume food accordingly to our needs and trying not to waste it, since it represents 92% of the water footprint.

Odemira came under the spotlight because of the precarious situation of immigrants who worked in intensive crop production greenhouses. Most of these farms are located in the southeast of the Alentejo region and the Vicentine Coast Nature Park, one of the most popular nature tourist destinations in the world. This agriculture under plastic has triggered protests, not only because of the social dimension that the pandemic has exposed, but also because of the threat it represents for the environment and for the tourism.

The “Rewilding: a new road for nature in Portugal” documentary shows the rewilding efforts made by the Rewilding Portugal team and partners. By educating and inspiring viewers, it intends to take rewilding and its effects on nature in Portugal to the next level.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3eQykYL18s

A real story between shepherds and wolves in the mountains of the Iberian northwest. A journey through other memories to bring us closer to wild nature and to show us the complexity of the natural cycles of the mountains.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/entrepastoresylobos/464330926?autoplay=1

Placed in Portugal, where the sea finishes and Europe begins, there is an immense plane that occupies 1/3 of its territory: the Alentejo region.
It’s an Alentejo that today is experiencing a confused and conflicting reality. On the one hand, olive production has boosted the economy, but on the other hand it has given rise to huge territorial and environmental problems.
You don’t have to be an environmental expert to realise, when arriving at Fortes, that life there is impossible. It’s difficult to breathe. The smoke dominates the lives of those who remain there, preventing them from having a dignified existence. The increased production of olive oil leads to waste disposal problems. The more olive pomace is produced, the more factories pop up to dry this by-product and consequently more villages have to endure the problem of unpleasant smells and toxic fumes. An alternative to this process is available, it just requires will and political courage!
It’s time to think about the solutions and return the joy of life to this region’s people!

Trailer: https://www.facebook.com/oladonegrodoazeite/videos/394102542079021

Roots make up over half of a plant's mass and yet they are most of times invisible. Their special powers can help us humans to cope with problems of climate change and environmental protection. It is precisely this invisible part of the plant that has the potential to help us solve some of the most pressing challenges of our time: securing food for a growing world population, stopping climate change and extracting important resources from the soil, such as rare earths, in an environmentally friendly way.

“Where does our energy come from?” You would not be able to watch this episode if it wasn’t for the electricity needed to power our screens, projectors, computers or mobile phones. When you leave your home every day, a means of transport takes you to your destination. This also depends on a source of energy that can be near us with more or less impact in the environment. In this episode, we sought to find out more about the energy around us in our lives. Do we know enough about its origin and its impact?

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRe0ACH3Ci8&ab_channel=%C3%89p%27raAmanh%C3%A3S%C3%A9riedocumental

Every year, 500,000 Europeans are meet a premature fate due to air pollution. One of the main causes of this pollution is coal - a fuel that is still used in many European countries. And this air pollution has no borders - it spreads its contamination throughout the continent, where citizens fight every day for their basic right to breathable air. Many doctors have raised the alarm, but there is a lack of evidence to make real change. Together with scientists and citizens, a team of journalists sets out to search for evidence of air contamination.

In 1988, the world was prepared to act against climate change. Georg W.H. Bush talked about how “the White House Effect would handle the Green House Effect”. But then something stalled the action which led to the alarming climate situation we are all facing today.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-y-WZx4C1k

Urban agriculture is a concrete response for city dwellers’ desire to reconnect with nature and to consume "local" food. In Paris, in some of the most densely populated areas in Europe, different initiatives attempt to design a more human and more autonomous city, capable of feeding its inhabitants. Some already talk about the beginnings of a “global urban agricultural revolution”.

No barrier could stop it. The fire, fueled by the dry vegetation and driven by the strong wind, swallowed mountains, climbed slopes, descended to villages. Starting from Proença-a-Nova the flames spread to the municipalities of Castelo Branco and Oleiros. Day and night. In September 2020, in just three days, the three councils lost over 15,000 hectares of woodland. There were no fatalities, or homes destroyed, but it is a dark memory that cannot be erased from people’s memory. Not a year goes by without fires in Portugal’s inland pine forests.

This documentary tracks the migration of the black-tailed godwit between the estuary of the River Tagus and the subarctic region of Iceland. It describes the work of an international team led by Portuguese researchers who in the last 15 years have sought to understand the response of these birds to the global changes throughout the annual cycle and in locations as far away as the Arctic. It will also alert us to the impact of the building of a new airport at the Montijo air base on the birds of the River Tagus estuary, that Portugal has committed to conserving.

Trailer: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1tp54bjfdolglkt/Promo%20Migradores%20de%20Longa%20Dist%C3%A2ncia.mp4?dl=0

The death of a whale in Norway was the warning that the world was waiting for to understand the real tragic magnitude of plastic in our oceans. This whale, which “pleaded for help” near Bergen, brought a crystal-clear message in relation to human behaviour towards the environment and the seas. Its stomach was full of plastic bags!
Journalist Catarina Canelas and the cameraman João Franco show us that such cases are being repeated all around the globe and that we are increasingly more and way faster than ever sea animals.
“Plástico, O Novo Continente” (Plastic, The New Continent) is a series of seven reports, filmed in four continents.

The demolition of a neighbourhood affects the identity of a community and the sense of belonging, forcing its people to adapt. "Our Land, Our Altar” witnesses the everyday routines and the tension caused by the impending demolition of the towers where Aleixo inhabitants have lived in their entire lives – as gentrification dictates the dispersion of these low income communities.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/455984684

One of the crucial moments in Brazil’s history that fostered the development of its economy and of the country as a whole was the abolition of slavery, in 1888.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/510178232

“Entre Leiras” (Among Plots) tracks boths the agricultural cycle in a place between the River Douro and the River Tâmega and the routine of two sisters who pass their days among plots of land.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/522352590

A man who tries to join the rest of mankind in colonising a new planet finds out that his intergalactic journey has begun a long time ago.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61QkMbIVBcg

The report of a sighting of a solitary bear in a border town is received enthusiastically by the locals and by a young nature watcher.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvwSI7Od6xI

A multifaceted portrait of Ângelo Machado: grandfather, scientist, teacher, playwright, author, environmentalist, zoologist and scholar of dragonflies and butterflies. This film intimately depict the singular world of Ângelo, through the strong relationship with his granddaughter and director, dwelling on subject “life” in its construction: through the careful observation of gestures, expressions, memories, dreams, stories, affections, creations, journeys, old age, and unique perspectives of a being. The film is a celebration of the existence of this being: Ângelo.

Ane spends her afternoons playing on the edge of the forest with her cousins, until she notices Anhangá, an indigenous spirit that surrounds her community. But, in venturing deeper into the forest, Ane comes across a truly haunting revelation.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OQN8T5A87E

Salvador is a young man addicted to the New Technologies since he was a child. The death of his grandfather will teach him a great life lesson.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPz83SLSF_g

Natália used to be just one of many women who made bulrush mats. Today she is the only one.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/y0BC3W4mTec

In the village of Gralhas, Montalegre, where the values of tradition and honour are sacred, the theft of water dictates tragedy.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/458203648/73a297b6b0

There is a village in the mountain and a house in the village, where Ema repeats gestures and tasks: she takes care of her grandmother, walks, reads, waits. Until one day the cycle breaks: what happened in the mountain house?

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQsD2_XlYSA

Sandra Duarte Cardoso, a veterinarian and founder of SOS Animal in Portugal, went to meet Najin, Fatu and their protectors. This is a story of a meeting of the last two white rhinos of the north.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rd8QFkLMfg

During the Coronavirus pandemic we lived as hostages within four walls, but the days will soon arrive when we can live and dream again. Life is ephemeral, but the spirit is free. The “Ephemeral” short film was shot in 2020 on New Year’s Eve. It symbolises an innocent look of hope in a unconfined future, free from the Coronavirus pandemic.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=026Mkghyr84

In the near future, the climate crisis reaches an irreversible point. A nun and a priest meet to talk about the disappearance of insects.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7MzSnsrU7M

Under a gloomy sun, two characters look for adaptation.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/396980733

The documentary was put together using the investigative journeys for a film in the Azores, between 2015 and 2016, on the islands of Pico and Faial. Years later, looking over the captured material, the director discovered another film. A hidden film, in which the power of Nature and chance reveal a narrative about friendship, cinema and the influence of the unexpected in artistic creation.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/481655134

Birds fly over two boys playing on the banks of the lagoon. The disappearance of one darkens the night of the other.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/477669906

A poetic expedition, where a wanderer looks for her soul mate, solely to find it close to her.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/517867877/f3457a563c

In exploring the inside of a tree, a girl is taken on a mystical journey to the heart of the Trás-os-Montes region. “Musgo” (Moss) is an ethnographical docufiction that explores the cultural and affective expressions of pagan origin in northern Portugal.

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A person meeting his own nature. A body ready to be inhabited. A voice that pulsates. A cyclical person, enrooted in today’s existence. Ready to welcome what comes from within. To make cracks through which one can tear.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/561097554

“Filme Sonoro II” (Sound Film II) puts sound at centre stage, where the landscapes and noises acquire a primordial dimension. A film to listen to, deeply and creatively.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZp1xPtCzMs

This film presents the river beaches of the Municipality of Seia, in their landscape magnitude, tackling the topic of sustainability and emphasising the importance of these beaches to recharge energies expended on the stress of daily city life.

“Um Quadro de História” (A History Painting) is an introduction to the world of beekeeping in the words of Manuel Ferreira, a local beekeeper. Through the passion transmitted in the explanations and the images that could be captured in a very specific environment, this short film essentially depicts the life of the bee and the different processes involved in the creation of honey.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe6GTZCOnhU

“O verbo dos arguinas” (The lingo of the arguinas). The picturesque, typical and humble “slang” or “jargon” created and used by the arguinas, stoneworkers of Nogueira do Cravo and Santa Ovaia, was essentially for the purpose, over the years, of communicating with one another without others, especially their boss or a stranger, understanding them. It is an act that shows the spirit of solidarity and professional embodiment that was dominant amongst them, which was why for many years the disclosure and public translation of this language was prevented, to keep it secret.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Z89TLxt4k&t=11s

In a not-too-distant future society will go through changes caused by the lack of belief in science, allowing nature to resume its original place.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZJ0SVhAN6o