Grande Prémio Nacional #2

26th june

21h

Auditorium

Business as usual de Pedro Vinícius (PRT)

A satirical look at Lisbon’s housing crisis, now the third most expensive city worldwide. Mass tourism and a lack of infrastructures are transforming the city into a large construction site and a perfect spot for real estate speculation.


A Fronteira Azul de Dinis Miguens Costa (PRT, FRA, ESP)

A clandestine ship sinks off the coast of a small port town on the Andalusian coast without disturbing the routine. The civil guards sort out the shipwrecked passengers as they do every day, the tourists take advantage of the fine weather to go sailing and to the funfair, and the night lorries head north. The shipwrecked, hallucinated, discover the concrete floor of a Europe that does not see them.

Tu que o rio habitas de José Freitas (PRT)

The naval traditions of the Douro river keep alive a ritual of faith and endurance. Among the participants, a young rower faces his first journey across the water blindfolded, giving up his sight to trust the river’s flow and the rhythm of his body. This journey, both physical and spiritual, becomes an experience that goes beyond a simple competition.

A contemplative visual essay on immersing oneself in the unknown, where the absence of sight heightens the perception of what is truly essential, dissolving the boundary between the real and the ethereal.


First Date de Luís Filipe Borges (PRT)

An American and a supposed Azorean meet for the first time on the island of Pico...what now, Cupid?
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Santiago and Melissa flirt on a dating app. She loves Romana Petri, the author of books set on the island of Pico. He desperately wants to meet her. “What if our first date was there? It's my home!” The young American accepts the offer. Now, the Lisbonite, who posed as an Azorean, has quite a dilemma to solve...


Vista Sobre o Infinito de Henrique Prudêncio (PRT)

After a difficult breakup with Júlia, Leonor retraces the memories of their complicated love, trying to understand how she became entangled in this toxic relationship. In an intimate dialogue with herself, she untangles the intensity of the moments that make her miss the very person who brought her so much misery.