Shooting on 16mm film in Mozambique, director Ico Costa explores the textures of human behaviour as he follows young men who wonder what lies beyond their immediate surroundings. In the fragments of conversations captured in the Maputo market, a recording studio and on coconut trees, we find daily routines and tedium lead to chit-chat on desire, money and hope. In the interplay between performance and document, poetry emerges from fleeting everyday moments.
In this mother-daughter story, a young woman explores her own mortality through art and poetry as he...
A man loses his wife. A woman finds her husband. A mother sees her children.
Pê, a man with terminal cancer, wanders through his city, Lisbon. Throughout the day, he is confront...
Iara, a girl who is about to come of age, dreams of seeing the ocean, but lives in Rio Grande do Nor...
After two years of waiting, Adam and Ellas first part of the application for a „licence to procreate...
Sandra is travelling with Fay, helping her take the bus out of the country. A transphobic attack lea...
Overwhelmed by fury and delight, a woman burns her clothes, her photographs, and souvenirs. She cuts...
A young girl returns home to an empty apartment. She gets invited on a date but she has to finish he...
Joel has finally made up his mind, or so he thinks. Tonight he's going to tell his parents, but is t...
Daisy Watkins, an up and coming news reporter, goes to Dakota City to to discover the name of a supe...
Summer dream or like nightmare? Somewhere, we're all on our way ...
Kyoko is an aspiring writer whose artistic vision is yet to be formed. When her girlfriend Rie asks ...
A doctor with the ability to visit people's dreams helps a young woman confront the terrifying reali...
This film tells the dramatic story of the death of this famous Bible character and his trip to the w...
Ana is a woman of thirty-something, goes back to the house where she spent of her childhood during t...
Deep It is a powerful drama that explores the real impact of carrying a knife on young people and th...
Léo is the two-year old, son of the acting manager of a factory on the brink of closing. When employ...
An ordinary family — mom, dad and teenage son Ivan. As a result of a car accident, Mom can no longer...