Arquivo / 49ª mostra

Project by the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival in which young local and international filmmakers couples meet and create together and enlighten local cinematography with short films. The program, which has already passed through Taiwan, Chile, Lebanon and southeast Europe, now reaches north Portugal.

"The Horn"
by André Guiomar, Mya Kaplan

Téo, a lunar teenager, meets the new priest of his rural village, who just returned from Mozambique. As the two get closer, they develop a spiritual bond immersed in attraction.

"Maria"
by Mário Macedo, Dornaz Hajiha

Maria spends her days working at her stepfamily’s noisy metal factory. Crushed by the violence of men, she also must take care of her sister- in-law and niece. A revolution starts boiling inside her.

"Seagulls Cut Through the Sky"
by Mariana Bártolo, Guillermo García López

Dense atmosphere of change and union strikes in Porto’s harbor. Clara, owner of a fishermen’s bar threatened by closure, finds in the arms of Raquel, waitress on cruise ships, the only shelter to express her fears and contradictions.