Ana Brandão

They live the night the same way they live life: intensely. In a strip-tease joint, these characters leave marks on each other with no amendment. They poison each other, they cure each other. They are on the very brink of love - absolute love.

The author shows that we can «see» a movie even if there are not images in the screen: you can «see» what happens following the dialogs and the description of the scenes.

João Vuvu, a widower with no family, except for a son who is serving time for dual murder and armed bank robbery, lives alone in his own, large, sunny house that shows signs of wealth in an old neighbourhood of Lisbon

Three generations grappling with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in Sintra, Portugal, a historic town known for its dense gardens and fairy-tale villas and palaces.

In far away Paraguay, there was a young man … who in his heart had an empty meadow." This is the theme for a musical film in animation, where the director plays exemplary with screens, guns and money, between narrative and abstraction. Chagall, Picasso and Kandinsky hang around in a synthesis that seemed impossible, a film adapted from a book by P. Cachapa. (Miguel Valverde, indielisboa.com)

Venus Velvet is a story of love that lasts no longer than the brief period before the fall of a comet; a love story set against the background of the possibility of the world's ending. (imdb)

A realizadora cria uma colagem, entre imagens filmadas, animações sobrepostas e uma narrativa a várias vozes que nos leva por uma exploração da idade e das dores de crescimento. (indielisboa.com)

Esther receives an anonymous diary, written 20 years ago by a young girl in hospital. The girl's story resonates deeply with Esther, who is still suffering from a recent break-up. (imdb)