Ângelo Torres

Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, friends Amadeus and Leonardo collect failures and disappointments. Now, they've defined a mission: to steal a true picture of a false art exhibition, in the night of the final of the soccer World Cup.

The year is 1908. A middle-aged man finds out that his brother has died and he sets out to avenge his death, and also to round up his scattered flock of sheep. (kviff.com)

It has always been a firm conviction of the family that any woman who sings, will die. Now, while a girl is in France she becomes an international star. She realises that sooner rather than later her mother in Africa will learn that she sings. To solve this dilemma she goes back to her native village and arranges her own funeral, albeit with instantaneous rebirth. She is lying in the coffin while all invited guest form a queue and pass the coffin one by one.

In Lisbon, two women from different worlds -- a privileged architectural illustrator and a cheerful housekeeper from the city's Guinean community -- join together to save a young Guinean girl from ritual genital mutilation, in this sensitive and intimate second feature from immensely talented Portuguese director Inês Oliveira. (tiff.net)

Two Angola, the colonial and the contemporary, spaced 60 years, share the curse of a mysterious island. In the past, the epicenter of the tragedy is an evil fortress, tomb of revolutionaries deported from the mainland. In the present, the building of a luxurious resort awakens the relentless jaw of justice. Soon after, workmen lacerated dead bodies, begin to appear. The horror spreads rapidly. Pedro Mbala is sent to the island to solve the problem. His target is a pack of stray dogs. (imdb)

A nun is called upon to adopt her 15-year-old nephew, and as a consequence religion, family and love become entangled. (imdb)

Espada, a second hand private detective, tries to find a way out of the city whilst continuing his extortion schemes. However, in a society dominated by the construction mafia, corrupt policemen, and femmes fatales, the stakes for such endeavor may be too high. (mubi.com)

Prosecuting Attorney David Lunga's success is overshadowed by the terrifying secrets of Rosa, a beautiful but mysterious woman with whom he falls in love. What mysteries does she hide? As the macabre facts unravel, David comes face to face with his own demons and is driven to prove his innocence, recover his reputation, and, above all, clear his own conscience.