SELECTED FILMS

We went to research the conditions of the students in the guerrilla schools in the mangroves. Instead, we soon became ourselves the learners and the first lesson was how to walk. In the mangrove school the learning happens with the whole body.

Three generations of fishermen that know the Portuguese southwest sea like few, its charm as well as its tough reality.

The Angolares are the oldest inhabitants of the Island of São Tomé where, according to the legend, they arrived after a shipwreck. Once the masters of the island, they were defeated at the end of the 19th century and are now only found in a small fishing community. Between the myths and legends of this island ‘s stunning beauty, this documentary shows us the stories and culture of the Angolares people.

Liz and Bob are two solitary teenagers that stroll the city of São Paulo communicating through street art interventions and falling in love before even meeting each other. A film about a restless generation that cultivates freedom in the urban jungle and a rather loose adaptation of the life and work of British couple of poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning whose love began from exchanged letters and poems.

Thiago is a sensitive and imaginative boy living on a small, hardscrabble farm in a remote region of Brazil. His life is filled not only with curiosity and youthful discovery, but also the reality of his parent's unhappy marriage and his father's abuse--all of which are one day changed by a chance encounter and unexpected gift.

O filme foi gravado em São Tomé e Príncipe e mostra como os santomenses convivem na terra com as almas dos mortos. Centra-se na vida de Nijo, actor e futebolista, e do espírito que ele incorpora há vários anos, Nove Nove. “Na terra como no céu” procura compreender como o mundo dos mortos convive lado a lado com o mundo dos vivos, como aspectos da tradição cultural se reconciliam com a vida contemporânea