Angola's complex history seen through the eyes of a fake taxidermy sable antelope. She takes us on a journey that links colonial ideas from the past with contemporary reality. This short contemplation on the conservation of memory is a brilliant mix between static painted, staged histories, and a physical parade through the streets.
Thirty-five Portuguese dancers undress in front of the camera. They become the object of desire with a sensual provocative performance. Eclectic dance disciplines help this film to explore an exhibitionist view of the male nude. This is a statement about the current financial situation in Portugal and the lack of fundings to support artistic initiatives.
This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man of conviction who saved 30,000 lives during WWII, in June 1940. Among them were10,000 Jews. As the Portuguese General Consul stationed in Bordeaux, France, he issued 30,000 visas for safe passage to Portugal. He defied the direct orders of his government and exhibited courage, moral rectitude, unselfishness, and self-sacrifice by issuing visas to all refugees regardless of nationality, race, religion or political opinions.This narrative film expresses his heroic actions towards humanity, which will perpetuate his legacy of justice for a new generation. In 1966, Yad Vashem named him Righteous Among the Nations. He is considered to have achieved the largest single rescue operation of World War II.
Zé es un joven portugués que emigra a Venezuela en la década de los sesenta. Él está pasando por un momento difícil – los empleos son escasos y las perspectivas son muy bajas para tantos sueños. De casualidad se encuentra con el capitán Henrique Galvão, uno de los opositores más activos del régimen de Salazar. Fascinado por Galvão, Zé se une al grupo de exiliados políticos portugueses y gallegos que bajo el mando militar portugués, prepara la acción de protesta más espectacular que se llevó a cabo hasta ese momento: el asalto y la ocupación de la nave “Santa María”, joya de la corona de los portugueses.
