29 APRIL — 09 MAY 2027

29 APRIL — 09 MAY 2027

NC Shorts 1

May 06 2026, Wednesday, 21:30 (84')

Fernando Lopes Cinema • C.216

SCREENING WITH Q&A

SCREENING WITH DESCRIPTIVE SUBTITLES

Loose Sleep

Sometimes, the hardest step in a day is the first one. In Loose Sleep, our hero fights a battle against himself: is it worth it to leave the comfort of the duvet and live life outside? By means of a fragmentary narrative, built on dreams and associations, this short film follows the protagonist’s speculation on activity and passivity, the passage of time and the (dis)advantages of being awake.
Rodrigo Soares Teixeira
Portugal / Spain

2026, 7'

Raw Material

Raw Material was filmed over a year in the Interior Douro region. Through testimonies from local communities, the film reflects on different, at times conflicting, notions of value in relation to the landscape and how practices of cultivation, preservation and extraction benefit and impact the people who live there. A film that explores ideas of what is contained but not immediately visible within the land.
James Newitt
Portugal

2025, 36'

Nabia

Based on the legend of NABIA, the goddess of rivers and waters in Galician-Portuguese mythology, a wordless allegorical narrative unfolds, celebrating the integration of human cycles into natural cycles, to the extent that harmony allows.
Sabrina D. Marques
Portugal

2025, 16'

Two and a Cat

The messy life of a young couple and their clandestine cat in a room whose rent they cannot afford. A story of love, sharing, and hope — unshakable and resilient in its innocence in the face of the unstable and disordered life of our times.
Patrícia Saramago
Portugal

2026, 25'

National Competition

GUESTS

DIRECTOR

James Newitt, Rodrigo Soares Teixeira, Sabrina D. Marques

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