Journey To Cape Verde
Synopsis:
This is the story of a sixty day long walk in Cape Verde. No mobile phone, no watch, no plans for what to do next – only the bare essentials in the backpack. Out traveller explores the mountains, the villages, the sea, a talking tortoise, the goats, the music, the dry haze, the people of Cape Verde and an essential part of himself.
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An animated film adaptation of unhappy and cruel love.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Mia has spent her whole life free-diving, fishing and swimming through the seaweed and rocks. Over time, her body and the landscapes around her have both changed. Tonight, Mia reminisces.
- Drama
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Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.
- Drama
- Fantasy
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On a hot August afternoon, the family gathered at the table remembers uncle Botão: the Colonial War, emigration to France, where he lived and worked thirty years as a garbage man. Memories of each are crossed to tell the story of a man who lived a hard life through humor and fantasy, like when he returned to Belmonte, in a van full of trash, turned into a real treasure.
- Drama
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While transitioning from male to female gender, Matia struggles with finding a genuine intimate relationship with a heterosexual man.
- Drama
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As a young boy I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. We spent many decades together. First, she offered me protection from the cold. As a teenager, she introduced me to the secrets of love. But as an adult, this love became flawed. I began to see behind my beloved’s facade. And I discovered her horrifying side.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Abstract
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Under a gloomy sun, two characters look for adaptation.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days is about the special relationship between Regina Pessoa and her uncle. The film is a testament to her love for this eccentric, who was an artistic inspiration and played a key role in her becoming a filmmaker. A moving tribute to a poet of the everyday.
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A harsh winter freezes the surface of a river, close to a house where two cousins live. Immersed in the cold wind that rises that day, the rudeness of their relationship grows, reaching its limit.
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The last habitants of a village refuse to let themselves sink into oblivion. In a world where the idea of progress appears to be above all, this home floats.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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A very special instrument assembled from 42 drawers, cabinets, and other furniture pieces generates sounds – mechanical, continuous, soft, noisy, and mysterious.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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End of the line is a film based on real events that never happened, but that may happen, you never know… Any reality with purely coincidence is resemblance.