SELECTED FILMS
These are the 109 selected films included in Lusophone Film Fest sessions worldwide.
(shown here in alphabetical order)
59
Portuguese From Soho
min
Portugueses do Soho
Also titled "A story that changed its geography", this film tells the story of the Portuguese emigrants that arrived in SoHo after World War II. Through their stories we discover the history of this neighborhood and of New York itself.
Ana Ventura Miranda
Portugal
2016
25
Rafa
min
Rafa
The story of a 13-year-old boy in a Lisbon suburb on a small odyssey in search of his mother who one day did not return home. A boy’s first contact with the complexities and absurdities of a bureaucratic and incomprehensible grown-up world. Winner of Berlin's Golden Bear for Best Short.
João Salaviza
Portugal
2012
24
Rhapsody for the Black Men
min
Rapsódia para o Homem Negro
Ode is a black man. His brother Luiz was beaten to death during a conflict in an occupation of Belo Horizonte. The film uses allegories and symbolism to contextualize political, racial, ancestry and urbanization relations in the most recent Brazilian political scenario.
Gabriel Martins
Brazil
2015
92
Rending
min
Rasganço
The University of Coimbra in Portugal was founded in the 13th century and is one of the oldest in the World. Edgar arrives from the countryside and soon realises that centuries of traditions are hard to break through. He decides to find his way into the university through its women.
Raquel Freire
Portugal
2001
16
Relic
min
Requília
Every day, a seven year old boy takes the bus to school with his nanny. One morning he bumps into an old man wearing ragged clothes that spends his days reading books. The story of an unexpected friendship between a little boy and an old bum, cutting across generations and social classes.
Renata Diniz
Brazil
2013






