Sónia

In a portuguese suburd, José celebrates his 18th birthday. A silver necklace falls in his hands, offered by his older brother. In the aftermath of this present, the film assumes a nostalgic reflexion about the identity of a lost family.

Rafa senses an eminent farewell, remembering bygone places, encounters and fleeting connections.

While wandering around the city on his bike, as if trying to find a path for his life, a nameless protagonist thinks about the encounters and mis-encounters that perpetuate or change his routines, about the fears that trap him and the dreams and desires that set him free. Gradually, the vertices of a love triangle are revealed, leading him to confess his anxieties and to question his certainties.

A game of Paintball emerges as a vehicle for the exploration of masculinity and power dynamics among a group of boys.

In a new daily series, Abril, a transgender woman chooses her mother, Helena, to be her primary caregiver during facial feminization surgery. With maternal gestures, Helena cares for Abril with the same look she had when her daughter was a little girl.