Marcello Urgeghe

"The Lovebirds" intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. The film stars an international cast of American and Portuguese actors who create a colorful mix of off-beat characters that lead us through a complex labyrinth of emotions. Set in the old Romanesque city of Lisbon during the course of one night where love is the art of survival. (imdb)

At the end of the 60s, Evita arrives in Mozambique and finds herself in a country devastated by the colonial war...

In 1970, a man is tortured and murdered by the regime's secret police. Now nearly 40 years later, his friend, who had also been tortured, recognizes the man he deems responsible for the murder of his friend.

Dora divides her time between her work as a beautician, her policeman husband António, and her involvement in left-wing politics. A tale of love and how we must learn to cherish it against all odds in the pursuit of happiness.

Two weeks before her wedding, Maria is spoiled, hung over, possibly pregnant, and unwilling to exchange her party girl ways for her impending marriage. So, with the objections of her father and the encouragement of her uncle, she leaves on a mission to return a large boat and trailer to her fiancé, who lives in Spain. With the help of Gabriel, she drives a large rig across the Iberian plains, visiting her estranged brother in Cordoba along the way and dallying in sexual hijinks to boot.

Valeria Sarmiento, the widow and frequent collaborator of the great Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz (Mysteries of Lisbon), completes her late husband's final project with this expansive and inventive historical epic set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. (tiff.net)

A political thriller about the covert operation of the assassination of Presidential candidate Humberto Delgado, carried out by the PIDE (the fascist Portuguese regime's secret police) in February 1965 in the Spanish border town of Villanueva del Fresno. The story is inspired by actual events, some of which were recently discovered by Frederico Delgado Rosa, the grandson of Delgado as well as his official biographer, in his published book "Humberto Delgado: A Biography of the Fearless General." (alfamafilms.com)

Pedro gets home at dawn. Before the young boy falls asleep, his lonely mother drags him to the beach. (imdb)

His home is war. Her home is Portugal. Yet the young, newly married wife of Lord von Ketten is determined to make her husband's family abode, an inhospitable castle on a cliff in northern Italy, into her home.

Lisboa, Portugal, mid-1990s. Three brothers, a young woman, and two young men, are living together, careless of the future, or even the present. They love each other, but one day they go separate ways. When Maria does need help, the three brothers will join again - but a trifle too late. (imdb)

In 1918, Maria Adelaide Coelho da Cunha, heiress and owner of the Diário de Notícias, leaves the social, cultural, and family luxury in which she lives to escape with a chauffeur 26 years her junior. (imdb)

Laura lives in Vouzela with her husband, a lot older than her. When Nuno, her brother, visits her, she realizes that Laura does not have a happy life (imdb)

The young film student Maria do Mar is working on a documentary about the old manor houses along the Douro River. It is the final project in her thesis on “Reality in Cinema”. Maria has an unlimited confidence in what is visible. Her candour and her naivety allow her to see the bright side of life – such as the beauty of the landscape and the authenticity of the place, or what’s left of it.