CINENOVA 2024 OPENING SESSION

CINEMATHEQUE | Auditorium Manuel Félix Ribeiro

• Soldado Nobre

  

  Soldado Nobre

  DOCUMENTARY — 60min

  "Soldado Nobre" is a Portuguese documentary about the First World War. The common thread is the great-grandfather of director Jorge Vaz Gomes and the starting point is an old group photograph of Portuguese soldiers. Jorge Vaz Gomes' great-grandfather was a soldier from the village of Alfaiates in the municipality of Sabugal, in the district of Guarda, and was one of the 70,000 Portuguese sent to the trenches.

  Jorge Vaz Gomes | Portugal, 2023

  NOVA FCSH

  Jorge Vaz Gomes | Portugal, 2023

Conversation about "Soldado Nobre", with Pedro Florêncio (FCSH) and the CINENOVA programming team

Presentation of the 5th Edition of the Festival.

Pato Bernardo's concert, presented by CINENOVA 2024 & Repentinas NOVA-FCSH

NOVA FCSH | Tower B Entrance

NEW INTERACTION | Laughing to keep from crying

NOVA FCSH | Auditorium B1

• Bégan

  

  Bégan

  FICTION — 11min

  A son of a butcher, who is miserable working in his family’s business, avoids touching meat at all costs just because he doesn’t have the guts to tell his father he wants to be vegan.

  Maria Jorge | Portugal, 2023

  ESMAD

  Maria Jorge | Portugal, 2023

• Encoberto

  

  Encoberto

  FICTION — 19min

  Vargas is an undercover agent whose mission is to capture a group of robbers. The robbery of a jewelry store will be the ideal moment to catch them in the act. However, Vargas’s' perspective changes after a conversation with Ricardo, one of the group's members, leading him to question his view of the enemy and making the mission much more difficult.

  Rodrigo Rebello de Andrade | Portugal, 2022

  ESTC

  Rodrigo Rebello de Andrade | Portugal, 2022

• Celui qui devint méchant alors qu'au départ il était gentil

  

  Celui qui devint méchant alors qu'au départ il était gentil

  FICTION — 15min

  Frederic Everyman is what people call a nice guy. Unemployed and penniless, he relies on benefits from his providential benefactors: the employees of the Center for Financial Assistance. But unfortunately, one sad day, a terrible disaster befalls Frederic's file: a computer bug!

  Jauffrey Gallé | France, 2022

  SPUFT

  Jauffrey Gallé | France, 2022

• Supper

  

  Supper

  FICTION — 11min

  A wife gets a call from a state adoption agent on her way home. After years of waiting they have been selected to adopt a child with her husband. They have to call back the agent as soon as possible. When she goes into their home to tell the news to her husband she finds him in the bathroom...

  Andor Berényi | Hungary, 2022

  FAMU

  Andor Berényi | Hungary, 2022

Open talk:

"(Laughter, Bergson argues, is always a communal laughter)" - João Pedro Vala

Dedicated to those who laugh in bad times.

NEW MEMORIZATION | Until my return...

NOVA FCSH | Auditorium B1

• Valeria

  

  Valeria

  FICTION — 30min

  Valeria, a cleaning lady lives a simple life of melancholic routine. In the apartment where she has to carry out her work, however, strange events and bizarre visions slowly involve her in the unhappy epilogue of a love story that took place in the past between two young people, a relationship that ended suddenly due to a war. He could be the man whose return she still awaits.

  A poetic story narrated with a bit of thrill and mystery in which boundaries between reality and imagination are blurred.

  Olga Khoreva | Russian Federation, 2023

  HCFDS

  Olga Khoreva | Russian Federation, 2023

• Liminal Space: Diving Within

  

  Liminal Space: Diving Within

  DOCUMENTARY — 20min

  A poetic exploration of a father-daughter relationship. Anahita grows up in front of her father's camera. A dreamy life filled with love and poetry evolves into a nightmare in which she witnesses her identity get lost as her father dies of cancer. In her quest to understand death, she dives into a rollercoaster ride of unknown emotions and embarks on a voyage of acceptance. From death into an immortal world.

  Anahita Safarnejad Choobary | Germany, 2022

  Filmuniversity Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

  Anahita Safarnejad Choobary | Germany, 2022

• Flashes

  

  Flashes

  FICTION — 10min

  Moscow, November 6, 1941. Soldiers march along the corridors of the cultural center, there are barricades instead of windows, and instead of rehearsals and music, explosions are heard. Among all this, in the frozen foyer, Anastasia meets her lover, most likely for the last time...

  Dmitriy Lebedev | Uzbekistan, 2023

  VGIK

  Dmitriy Lebedev | Uzbekistan, 2023

• Quando a Terra Sangra

  

  Quando a Terra Sangra

  FICTION — 15min

  The plague brings out the worst in everyone and only the Man remains immune. Consumed by desperation, in an attempt to save the Woman and protect his Son, the Man goes looking for help and travels through the village where nothing is as it seems. During a surreal and hallucinating night, the Man, haunted by memories of another life, begins to lose track of reality.

  João Vicente Morgado | Portugal, 2021

  Universidade Lusófona

  João Vicente Morgado | Portugal, 2021

Open talk:

"1st Part THE LIVING DEAD" - António-Pedro Vasconcelos

Dedicated to those who go without knowing if they'll come back, with the ghost of Nuno Gaio (Programmers CINENOVA).

NEW INTERPRETATION | Love, New Lives

NOVA FCSH | Auditorium B1

• Minuit sur MSN

  

  Minuit sur MSN

  FICTION — 22min

  2008, beginning of summer, end of school.

  Laure is 13 years old. At night, she secretly talks to Alix on msn. But during the day, in their girls' school, she avoids her - like everyone else. When Laure invites Alix home after school, something changes between them.

  Elise Levy | France, 2023

  La Fémis

  Elise Levy | France, 2023

• A Transient Taste

  

  A Transient Taste

  FICTION — 24min

  The very special varieties of tomatoes that grow in the old Rossi family greenhouse are in danger to rot even though little Félie is caring for them with all her heart and will. Her mother Antonia, famous for selling the most delicious and most colorful tomatoes all over the country, has lost her sense of taste since her partner and Félies father has died. Not understandable for Félie who doesn’t recognize her mother anymore since, yet needs her more than ever. Only granny Guiseppa keeps mother and daughter together but also wants to go back to Italy… to the country where tomatoes are much sweeter, naturally.

  Eva Neidlinger | Germany, 2022

  Filmuniversity Babelsberg Konrad Wolf

  Eva Neidlinger | Germany, 2022

• In Heaven and on Earth

  

  In Heaven and on Earth

  FICTION — 14min

  During her beloved father's funeral, eleven-year-old Tosia meets his mistress with a five-year-old son Kajtek. Tosia tries to drive the unwanted guests out of the funeral at all costs, eventually taking it out on Kajtek. It turns out, however, that the boy whom Tosia perceived as an enemy becomes a link between him and his deceased father and helps him through this difficult experience.

  Yulia Yukhymets | Poland, 2023

  Gdynia Film School

  Yulia Yukhymets | Poland, 2023

• The Creature

  

  The Creature

  FICTION — 20min

  30-year-old Kazik remembers his childhood when every morning his beloved aunt Dagna would walk him to the school. When the women goes missing, the boy decides to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

  Damian Kosowski | Poland, 2022

  Lodz Film School

  Damian Kosowski | Poland, 2022

Open talk:

"Tomorrow's children will see the body of this idea / That disturbs the rame-rame with the revolt it sows" - José Mário Branco

Dedicated to the children of tomorrow.

NEW IMAGINATION | Photography and Truth

NOVA FCSH | Auditorium B1

• Istina

  

  Istina

  FICTION — 28min

  A committed photo journalist is threatened in Serbia, whereupon she flees to Germany with her daughter. But then she also experiences increasing hostility and violence in her new home due to her work...

  Tamara Denic | Germany, 2022

  Hamburg Media School

  Tamara Denic | Germany, 2022

• Défilement

  

  Défilement

  DOCUMENTARY — 12min

  Daniela transports us to the most joyful pictures in her family album, the photographs of birthdays. It is through the images that she travels around the crowded table and reveals her deepest wishes and frustrations and those of her closest family members.

  Francisca Miranda | Portugal, 2023

  FBAUP

  Francisca Miranda | Portugal, 2023

• À Luz das Impressões

  

  À Luz das Impressões

  DOCUMENTARY — 8min

  Visually. Felt. Heard.

  Perceived. Through Light. From Beyond.

  Art. Unveils itself.

  Luís Miguel Rocha | Portugal, 2023

  UBI

  Luís Miguel Rocha | Portugal, 2023

• Cassette

  

  Cassette

  FICTION — 13min

  70-year-old father Safar watches videotapes without leaving the house. Father Safar was angry with his son and his son left for Russia. Father Safar does not understand modern technology. His life is a videotape. One day, the videotape breaks down, and Father Safar is forced to enter modern life.

  Mirtemir Murotov | Uzbekistan, 2022

  VGIK Tashkent

  Mirtemir Murotov | Uzbekistan, 2022

• Re-Discovery

  

  Re-Discovery

  DOCUMENTARY — 18min

  Film archives are an amazing place where history, art and the life of each individual are closely connected. And sometimes, having found a film in the archive that was considered to have disappeared, we discover not only the lost film, but also the fate of people who are connected with this film. Or even the fate of an entire country.

  Anna Alexandrovna Danilova | Russian Federation, 2022

  SPUFT

  Anna Alexandrovna Danilova | Russian Federation, 2022

Open talk:

"In photography, unlike painting, the presence of the object is not optional, but a sine qua non." - Andreia Cruz

Dedicated to Margarida Medeiros, with José Carlos Costa (Jornalist and Professor).

NEW PROVOCATION | I bleed I bleed

NOVA FCSH | Auditorium B1

• Pipás

  

  Pipás

  DOCUMENTARY/ANIMATION — 9min

  The notorious assassin of the Great Hungarian Plains, Pipás, was sought out by abused women to make their husbands disappear. As he gets more and more experienced in his trade, he is haunted by the murder victims and memories of when he himself was a victim of abuse. Since he started his life as a woman and went on to become a man and an assassin...

  Lili Toth | Hungary, 2023

  Budapest Metropolitan University

  Lili Toth | Hungary, 2023

• Ostra Negra

  

  Ostra Negra

  DOCUMENTARY — 9min

  Through the archives of French television, Black Oyster embarks on a hypnotic and engaging journey to the jungles of Guinea-Bissau during the intense conflicts of the Portuguese Colonial War. It is a visceral testament to the brutal and unknown reality of war, highlighting the overwhelming pressure, violence, and psychological horror that Portuguese and Guinean soldiers were subjected to.

  João Carlos Pinto | Portugal, 2023

  ESAD

  João Carlos Pinto | Portugal, 2023

• Babushka

  

  Babushka

  FICTION — 19min

  Austria, 1945. Together with her granddaughter Marie, Grandmother lives on a mountain farm. One day, of all things, two Russian deserters show up.

  Influenced by her prejudice of the violent enemy, Grandmother hides Marie before the unexpected arrivals reach the farm.

  Marie, on the other hand, is curious about the Russians. She sneaks up to them at night. In the process, she is discovered.

  It turns out that the soldiers are kind people who have been affected by the war in very different ways.

  Simon Höbert | Austria, 2022

  Salzburg University of Applied Sciences

  Simon Höbert | Austria, 2022

• Sangro Sangro

  

  Sangro Sangro

  DOCUMENTARY — 10min

  Bleeding Bleeding is a short experimental film about the body, menstruation and gender. Through recordings of menstrual blood and of representations of bodies deemed feminine, the necessary connection between menstruation and womanhood is questioned. At the same time, the contradictory cultural and political perceptions of women's bodies and of the experience of menstruation are explored and criticised. To bleed is still understood as disgusting and dirty and yet the body that bleeds is constantly sexualised and attached to an idealisation of motherhood, reduced to their reproduction capacities. This film tries to normalise menstruation while also promoting necessary debates about gender and cultural norms.

  Vera Barquero | Portugal, 2022

  NOVA FCSH

  Vera Barquero | Portugal, 2022

• Le Chant des bêtes

  

  Le Chant des bêtes

  DOCUMENTARY — 24min

  December 2022, in the middle of the World Cup Football, a sports journalist receives a USB key. Inside, dozens of images of animal cruelty in slaughterhouses.

  Titouan Ropert | France, 2023

  La Fémis

  Titouan Ropert | France, 2023

Open talk:

"And so on and so forth..." - João César Monteiro

Dedicated to those who aren't afraid of the Portuguese public.

NEW DETERMINATION | Eufémia

Auditorium Goethe-Institut

• Once Means Forever

  

  Once Means Forever

  ANIMATION — 3min

  "Once means forever" is a short animated film, which shows us, without delusion, story of young women. Girl who could be any other women. Looking by her's eyes, we will be troubled by her one day. The day which will change her life forever.

  Katarzyna Bińko | Poland, 2023

  Lodz Film School

  Katarzyna Bińko | Poland, 2023

• La regla de Gala

  

  La regla de Gala

  FICTION — 14min

  Gala (20) is preparing for the firefighter exam, when her period comes along and so does a severe menstrual pain. Gala and her father Alfonso will have to figure out how to handle the situation.

  Raquel Fernández Blázquez | Spain, 2023

  ESCAC

  Raquel Fernández Blázquez | Spain, 2023

• Poppy's Saturn

  

  Poppy's Saturn

  FICTION — 14min

  When nightclub singer Poppy is confronted by a black-eyed man she is overcome by fear. The event triggers a buried sexual trauma that she has to overcome in a kaleidoscopic world of glitter, music and blood.

  Nicole Tegelaar | Belgium, 2023

  The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent

  Nicole Tegelaar | Belgium, 2023

• (in)quietude

  

  (in)quietude

  FICTION — 14min

  Joana is married to Luis, lives in an abusive relationship and isolated from the outside world. Determined to overcome the only thing preventing her from leaving the house - her own phobia of adventuring outside… everyday she strives to fight that fear.

  Adriana Pereira | Portugal, 2023

  ETIC

  Adriana Pereira | Portugal, 2023

• Eva

  

  Eva

  DOCUMENTARY — 27min

  A documentary film - portrait about a former literature teacher from Tulskaya oblast, Russia who has now become a famous porn actress and video blogger Eva Berger, her way into porn industry and the price she pays for her choice.

  Olga Smirnova | Russian Federation, 2023

  HCFDS

  Olga Smirnova | Russian Federation, 2023

Open talk:

"Reapers on the cold morning / Flowers put on her grave / The meadowgirl turned red / From the blood that sprouted then" - Zeca Afonso

Dedicated to the Women Workers of Moving Images, with Rita Benis (director of MUTIM).

NEW OBSERVATION | Watch Slowly

NOVA FCSH | Auditorium B1

• Broto a Broto

  

  Broto a Broto

  DOCUMENTARY — 5min

  A spectre wanders through a forgotten land. Seeking peace in the womb of nature, the soul performs a mystical ritual.

  Óscar Silva | Portugal, 2021

  UBI

  Óscar Silva | Portugal, 2021

• Flores para o meu Pai

  

  Flores para o meu Pai

  FICTION — 17min

  The director gives life to the memories of his child-hood vacations with his father on the first fortnight of August of 2005, making this film as his "thank you".

  Luís Afonso Matos | Portugal, 2022

  ESTC

  Luís Afonso Matos | Portugal, 2022

• Neblina

  

  Neblina

  FICTION — 9min

  On a hot summer day two people allow themselves to be drowned out by frivolous, strange or absurd behavior. While one of them mysteriously disappears the other cools off in a lake near a festive village.

  Milene Coroado | Portugal, 2023

  NOVA FCSH

  Milene Coroado | Portugal, 2023

• Winterslaap

  

  Winterslaap

  FICTION — 29min

  During a never-ending winter, an old man descends from a mountain into the valley of oblivion. There he stumbles upon two sisters who live amidst ruin and search for any sign of salvation.

  Set in the late nineteenth century, this tale blends the historical scars of a land's past with apocalyptic fantasy.

  Leandros Brown, Daniel Howells | South Africa, 2023

  AFDA

  Leandros Brown, Daniel Howells | South Africa, 2023

Open talk:

"Watch a film like someone who reads a book" - a lot of people, probably

Dedicated to José Pinho, bookshop maker.

NEW OCUPATION | Within you, O city

NOVA FCSH | Auditorium B1

• Férias em Portugal

  

  Férias em Portugal

  FICTION — 15min

  Ana is an expat who comes home for a short break. However, things seem to have changed. The familiar warmth is no longer there. Ana and Lisbon, her hometown, are now strangers to each other. She's regarded almost just like a temporary visitor. There's no time to nurture relationships properly. New bounds are deemed to fail. For Ana, being miles apart can only mean that ties will be volatile.

  Francisco Torres | Portugal, 2022

  ESTC

  Francisco Torres | Portugal, 2022

• Topic for a Short Film

  

  Topic for a Short Film

  FICTION — 21min

  Inspired by Chekov's play - The Seagull, we try to understand the relationship between the text and the actor.

  Mariana, an aspiring actor, struggles to breathe life into the craft of acting - How intertwined her profession and her way of life are, is the question that arises along this process.

  Carolina Dray | Portugal, 2023

  UCA

  Carolina Dray | Portugal, 2023

• Querida Lisboa,

  

  Querida Lisboa,

  DOCUMENTÁRIO — 9min

  “Dear Lisboa,” is the beginning of a letter that doesn't know if it's a love or a farewell letter. Like an open letter to the city that became my home, this film is an intimate immersion in the intricacy of my relationship with Lisbon.

  Using archive footage from my phone, this visual letter unveils the highs and lows of our connection: each discarded beginning and every internal monologue, reflects not only the relationship between me and Lisbon, but a personal journey of self-exploration.

  Falling in love with the city you live in is a daily exercise. As I witness the changes in an evolving city, I simultaneously discover transformations within myself.

  Change is part of evolution. Routines and rhythms morph and accelerate. But it's in contemplating the small details of everyday life that I find my anchor, while I navigate a city that I sometimes have difficulty recognizing, but that I still love.

  Chiara Missaggia | Portugal, 2023

  NOVA FCSH

  Chiara Missaggia | Portugal, 2023

• Dentu Zona

  

  Dentu Zona

  DOCUMENTÁRIO — 9min

  "Dentu Zona" is a Cape Verdean Creole expression that means "in the neighborhood". So, it is in the neighborhood of Cova da Moura, on the outskirts of Lisbon, where we observe a day in the life of Vítor Sanches - Cape Verdean, intersectional activist, serigrapher and owner of a sustainable clothing brand and a bookstore, where he creates space for black community's expression.

  Eliana Caleia | Portugal, 2023

  Universidade Lusófona

  Eliana Caleia | Portugal, 2023

Open talk:

"Everyone has the right, for themselves and their family, to housing of an adequate size, in conditions of hygiene and comfort and which preserves personal intimacy and family privacy." - Constitution of the Portuguese Republic

Dedicated to those without shelter in this country.

AWARD CEREMONY CINENOVA 2024

Auditorium Reitoria NOVA | Campolide Campus

• Award Ceremony
• Tribute to Professor Margarida Medeiros, with Luís Mendonça and Maria Irene Aparício
• Exhibition "Enigmas", by José Gabriel Pereira Bastos

SPECIAL SESSION WITH CINENOVA'S 5TH EDITION AWARD WINING FILMS

NOVA FCSH | Auditorium B1

Screening of the winning films.