Gonâve by Roza Duda & Michal Soja | PRT, POL | 22’

Haiti, 1929. On the island of Gonâve, a road construction project is causing concern among local inhabitants. The island's administrator reaches out to a journalist in the hope that he will expose the exploitation of the island's people. But the arrival of an eccentric journalist doesn't have the desired effect, and his article will start a chain of events that will change the island's fate forever.

Inspired by archival photographs and real events, Gonâve combines live action with 3D animation to bring forgotten history back to life. It is a reflection on memory and colonial history, raising the fundamental question of how stories from the distant past can help us face similar problems in the present.

A Hora do Chico! by Rafael Sá Carneiro & João Severo | PRT | 15’

In the 1970's, a beloved children's program host working for the Estado Novo, the Portuguese dictatorship, finds himself forced to make the most difficult decision of his life: assassinate a colleague live on air or lose his father's approval.

O Leite das Monarcas by Francisco Nuno Rodrigues | PRT | 10’

A child hears a secret whispered amongst the woods; as he searches for its meaning, seemingly static images come to life, revealing a story never before recorded: the forbidden hunger of a monarch.

Abril de Helena by Maria Moreira & Victor Hugooli | PRT | 20’

In a new daily life, April, a trans woman, chooses Helena as her primary caregiver for facial feminization surgery. In maternal gestures, Helena cares for April with the same look she had when her daughter was little.

Cama de Lavado by Maria Lima | PRT | 7’ 

Washed Sheets is a film essay that dives into the world of childhood fears. Through mixing animation, along with photography, and footage from the director’s own childhood. The film gives form to the monsters of her past, bringing them into real life, in an attempt to understand and confront these fears. This project offers a visually unique journey through memory and healing.