International Competition A Month After the Night A month after the night that changed the lives of a group of teenagers, the police ask them to reenact a traumatic circumstance by a lake. Héloïse Fressoz France 2021, 22'
National Competition An Avocado Pit Larissa, a trans woman and Cláudio, a cis man, meet one night, in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light. In challenge, in surprise, in awe and in recognition. An empowering story, free from violence and filled with light and hope for the better days yet to come. Ary Zara Portugal 2022, 20'
International Competition Are We There Yet A robotic voice guides us through archival footage accompanying a hypnotic flashback procedure, creating a dream that takes place during surgery. Lazar Ivanov Switzerland 2021, 11'
National Competition Becoming Male in the Middle Ages What makes something natural or artificial? Two couples are dealing with fertility issues, but not in a conventional way. Mirene and André, Carl and Vicente are characters exploring what it’s like to build a biological family. Pedro Neves Marques Portugal 2022, 22'
National Competition Behind Those Walls A documentary by Manuel Mozos about the spaces that capture the narratives of the marginalized. Whether madmen or criminals, they are all those who existed delimited and separated: in forts, in prisons, in hospitals or asylums. Their time passed, but the spaces remain. Manuel Mozos Portugal 2022, 64'
National Competition Blue Has No Dimensions Yves Klein said that blue was beyond dimensions. This film draws us into those of someone who believes they will disappear on her 28th birthday, like a prophecy. Ágata de Pinho Portugal 2022, 20'
National CompetitionSilvestre By Flávio Márcia would like to be an influencer on Instagram, but also to hang out with rapper Da Reel Chullz. However, there’s a tiny obstacle, her son Flávio. Pedro Cabeleira Portugal / France 2022, 27'
International Competition Can Gardell With a fun deadpan humour, the Gardells have to change the way they experience their farm and resort to the possibility of embarking on the world of agricultural tourism. Florencia Aliberti, Sílvia Subirós Spain 2021, 22'
International Competition Displaced With the compositional precision of a Wes Anderson, Samir Karahoda shows us a post-war Kosovo and the determination of two table tennis players, with ambitions to contribute to the national representation at the Olympic Games, who struggle with the lack of conditions. Samir Karahoda Kosovo 2021, 15'
International Competition Dog’s Field A domestic tragedy leaves the animals without their owner and ignites a struggle between the heart and instinct. Michalina Musialik Poland 2020, 12'
National Competition Domy + Ailucha – Ket stuff! As a result of a pandemic, Ico Costa leaves a camera with Ailucha and Domy. What we see is their daily life in Inhambane, where these young Mozambicans live their youth. Ico Costa France / Portugal 2022, 30'
International CompetitionNational Competition Dry Ground Burning In Ceilândia, on the outskirts of Brasília, Léa, Chitara and Andreia have a very particular business: extracting oil from pipelines in the city, then turning it into gasoline that they sell to “motoboys” in the area. Between this structure and the business of politics, this is the story of Kebradas’ gasoline trade. Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta Brazil / Portugal 2022, 153'
International Competition Five Minutes Older Two twin sisters take a trip and make considerations about their proximity, how it affects the way they identify and on their own individuality. Sara Szymańska Poland 2021, 6'
National Competition Fragile A film with a daring musical vein that seeks to distinguish the night experiences of a group of friends from this place of alienation, exclusivity and consumption that is the “club”. There’s nothing more important than defiance against the system—especially when it’s practiced with friends. Pedro Henrique Portugal 2022, 99'
