Lugar 54

Pedro is a solitary writer who decides to embark upon an imaginary disorientation in order to get to the central idea for his next novel.

During his birthday, Ivan undergoes the consequences of the choices he has made through his careless adolescence.

At dawn, a group of peasants tries to rescue the body of a young man from the inside of a well. Women veil their faces in silence while men endure the situation. In the centre of it all, a mother awaits her son's body. How can life cease to be when in nature there is an enduring renewal?

Confronted with his mother's infidelity and his father's emotional absence, João arrives at a sunset where he refuses to return home.

Cesar is 'the boss', the one everyone hates, the one some flatter and the one nobody tells the truth; the great successful businessman is on the edge of the precipice. One night his actions crumble down, his partners betray him and his wife kicks him out of the house. Entrenched in his office, he tries relentlessly to recover his company and his life. But he will not do it alone, César will find a very special ally, Ariana, the cleaner of the night shift.

In an increasingly virtual world, what are three rappers and a fan doing barricaded in a clothing store? If Andy Warhol were alive, he would say they are looking for their 15 minutes of fame, but what will we say?

Two friends cannot find their way around the city of Lisbon. It is a film, which could be a poem, that has no genre and serves as a bridge between the narratives, forms, and dreams of the characters they encounter.

From the shores of Malta, a pioneering journalist from Gaza, Qassem, contemplates his experiences as a political prisoner and his painful decision to leave his homeland.

Lisbon is the paradise lost where Eva finds herself imprisoned to an unwanted pregnancy.

One summer night, a teenage girl sneaks out of her house to meet a boy at a party. However, when she finds him, he is strange and distant. That same night and at that same party, a boy is intercepted by an unknown girl, who claims to know him.

The fascination with the last inhabitant of a remote village leads young Bia down unexpected paths and reflections.

Where the suffering prevails, the medical specialists in smiles, enliven the hope and relieve pain for patients, family members and hospital staff. The documentary follows these professionals in the art of smiling in an internal search: bring happiness for who else needs.

At a summer camp in 2007, João meets Ivo. We Were Just Brats is a possible narrative of a queer teenager who finds, in the dormitory and in the hip-hop and pop music of his world, a space that oscillates between self-discovery and punitive surveillance.

“A State for one man is no State at all” are the words from Sophocles’ Antigone. Sara has lost her brother to Covid–19. She wants nothing more than to say goodbye to her brother with a traditional burial that respects the Cape Verdean culture and grave site. In a world silenced and halted by the pandemic, the young woman connects with her community and memories.