Miguel Saraiva

Sita Valles viveu 26 anos. Nasceu em Angola em 1951 e ali morreu, em 1977, em circunstâncias misteriosas. Estudou Medicina em Lisboa, e foi uma dirigente estudantil carismática e militante do PCP. No Verão de 1975 decidiu voltar a Angola, que considerava o seu país, ligando-se a um grupo de pessoas, mais tarde apelidados de fraccionistas, que questionavam a linha ideológica do MPLA. Acusada de ser uma das cabecilhas da alegada tentativa de golpe de estado de 27 Maio de 77, Sita é perseguida e presa. Rumores indiciam que foi torturada e morreu frente a um pelotão de fuzilamento. Nos dois anos que se seguiram mais de trinta mil pessoas tiveram o mesmo fim, ou passaram anos em cadeias e campos de concentração. Testemunhos dos sobreviventes, guiam-nos na possível reconstituição da vida e do tempo de Sita Valles, vida que terminou num episódio traumático, de uma violência absurda, e há muito silenciado.

Dialogue of Shadows uses the exhibition "Pedro Costa: Company" as its raw material, and as a starting point to build a mosaic, sparking a dialogue between several figures from filmmaker Pedro Costa's creative imagination.

Chantal Akerman and Pedro Costa meet in a movie theatre.

“Sacavém” is a journey through Pedro Costa’s films and focused on his work on “Down to Earth”, “Bones”, “In Vanda's Room“, “Colossal Youth” and “Horse Money” Built on the visual and sound landscape of Pedro Costa’s films and accompanied by his owns reflections on the matter, “Sacavém” serves the audience has a window on how Costas cinema is sensed and conceived.

The story takes place in 1948, in post WWII Europe. Amelia, a young girl, who struggles to communicate with her mother after the death of her father, is sent to the Portuguese provincial town of Elvas for a holiday with her uncles. There she meets Thomas, an Austrian refugee boy, who is being fostered by her Aunt and Uncle while they find his parents from whom he was separated during the war. After a rocky start, these children teach each other the true meaning of friendship and communication. This tale is based on a true story of the director’s grandmother who met a young refugee.

In what way does contemporaneity look at objectuality, the world of objects and their relations to human beings? Objects are among us, we’re connected to them, they talk; we create them, but we’re also created by them; they affect us, they inhabit our imaginary, they are part of our memory, together with us they create our community. José Bragança de Miranda convenes a peculiar set of objects to this reflexion.

In what way does contemporaneity look at objectuality, the world of objects and their relations to human beings? Objects are among us, we’re connected to them, they talk; we create them, but we’re also created by them; they affect us, they inhabit our imaginary, they are part of our memory, together with us they create our community. José Bragança de Miranda convenes a peculiar set of objects to this reflexion.