Films
- Capitaine France , 21'54"
A documentary about the life of Capitaine France, the greatest French superhero the world has ever known, from 1900 to present day. His adventures lead him to Omaha Beach, all around France and bring him to face a giant robot that threatens to destroy his country.
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- Where the Wind Takes Us, 20'
Mariam fled her country, she is pregnant, and she is looking for a safe home for his baby. This travel led them to cross the sea in a small boat that carried only women until they arrived at the border city of Melilla. Due to the hazards along the way, women prefer to keep their stories secret. Nevertheless, Mariam has decided to tell her story to her child Treasure before giving birth on Christmas.
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- Evan, a survivor's story, 18'50"
“Evan, A Survivor's Story” is a documentary about a Kurdish journalist whose work filming and reporting on ISIS leads to threats to his life. He flees to the safety of Europe. The film reflects his struggle to learn English and not to lose hope despite the absurdities of the immigration system. This is a story of courage, love and survival, a story of Kurds everywhere and immigrants around the world.
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- Entry Forbidden to Unauthorized Strangers, 22'24"
Unable to travel around the world, I decided to travel around the statue of the Ferdinand Magelan, the first man who (kind of...) circumnavigated the world, 500 years ago. Antonio Pigafetta, who accompanied Magellan, wrote in “Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo” and it's through his words I find the migrants who inhabit my neighbourhood in Lisbon.
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- Tracing Addai, 24'54"
In his early twenties Addai leaves his entire life behind and moves to Syria to help victims of the civil war. At first he is assigned kitchen duty together with Ilias. Addai writes to his mother: “Don’t worry about me, I’m fine.” Two years later Addai’s mother receives a letter from prison. Ilias has been sentenced for terrorism by a German court. He wants to meet her and writes: “One thing you have to believe me, we went there with good intentions.”
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- When the Light Goes Out, 5'
The documentary “When the Light Goes Out” aims to, through an experimental video essay and using images from the photos of the Fotocine Fund existing in the collection of the Municipal Museum of Coruche, to make known some aspects of the familiar reality of the mid-twentieth century in this Ribatejo region and its relation to photography.
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