Gonçalo Waddington

Xavier inherits an old house from his grand-uncle and decides to move his family from the comforts of the city to the small Portuguese countryside for a change of scenery. Once there many strange things begin to occur that may or may not be due to a supernatural presence in the house. Finally, when his oldest son Rui arrives at the house, things take a turn for the worse.

193 days have passed since Alice was seen for the last time. Every day Mário, her father, leaves home to repeat exactly the same steps he took on the day Alice disappeared. Obsessed with tracking her down he installs several video cameras to record the movement on the streets... (Madragoa Filmes)

Paulo looses his job after denouncing an accident at the construction site where he works. His relationship with his wife is getting worse, day by day...

This film takes place in the last four days before the Chinese New Year, which begins Jan. 28. It is the story of a man who returns to Portugal after 10 years of absence, because his father is sick. This story ties up with another that speaks of the preparations of the Chinese community to celebrate the new year.

A love story between two siblings who are getting into adolescence and facing, not only the problems of this age, but also the problems of a family that is falling apart.

Lúcia is misbegotten, unloved and the eternal widow of her own father. A cry of rage in bodily form, she is mad, maltreated and humbled. She wears mourning in remembrance of her mother's crime and betrayal, and gives vent to her inconsolable pain to make sure there's no rest or respite for the killers of her father. She lives in hope of her brother's return so she can fulfill her promise of avenging her father's blood.

Five characters meet in a esplanade, beggining a journey trought their lifes. "Assim Assim" ("So So") its a movie about relationships, about what we want for our lifes, and what we can't achieve. Tells the story of different couples, connected somehow with each other facing different problems. Between good and bad relationships, love and obstacles, anything can happen. (imdb)

A satire on anti-communist paranoia in the days of fascist dictatorship in Portugal. The series follows the adventures of the "Lusitanian superhero", the ultra-patriotic Captain Falcão, a man who follows the direct orders of António de Oliveira Salazar in the fight against the "red menace". (imdb)

Some of the chapters from Arabian Nights are adapted to a modern Portugal in this epic. (imdb)

The third part of a trilogy about Portugal.

An unemployed boxer on the verge of losing his son and his wife struggles to make ends meet working as a thug a for debt-collection agency.

This criticly acclaimed 8 episode tv-series "Odisseia" is a story developed in two different narratives which are interlinked, On the first, we have two friends who embark on a cross country journey on a van, carring their dramas and family relationships On the second, we have a fake making off, with the main cast normaly ranting with the crew using "famous" portuguese slang, which are censored with the tradicional *beep* (imdb)

In the beginning was the end: a funeral, a crashed car. Gradually we see signs of extreme violence, which reveals an absence. Rumors are heard, nightmares of a child. An atmosphere of apathetic despair gradually forms. We enter a kind of 'zone', a place out of the world, a non-place, a limbo close to post-apocalyptic. (Curtas Vila do Conde)

After her daughter's death, Rita returns to the African country of her childhood to investigate the death of Yvone Kane, a former political activist and guerrilla fighter. There, she becomes embroiled in a journey into the past of a land haunted by war and evil. (imdb)

Girafa, a ten year old girl, faces the challenges of parting with her childhood in the context of a lost mother and grieving father.

Edward, civil servant, flees fiancee Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917. His travels replace panic with melancholy. Molly, set on marriage, amused by his escape, trails him across Asia.

Anos 50. Uma família pobre rural atravessa o montado alentejano para enterrar um familiar. Mas o caminho reserva-lhes uma surpresa: um baú fechado, semi-enterrado no solo árido. Talvez seja uma prenda dos céus, talvez seja o contrário... (RTP Play)