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An old house withers away at the heart of a village ripped in half by a road where cars no longer stop. During the dictatorship, this building was the most progressive Catholic seminary in Portugal. António, the front door neighbor, was brought up and raised a family in its shadow. Ever since the Dominican priests left, he has been its most faithful caretaker - keeper of ghosts, memories, and hallways now emptied of life. Abandoned for years, the town's former epicenter now hopes for a new life.

George Wright does not lack audacity. At 19 he committed a robbery with homicide, at 27 escaped from prison and with 29 hijacked a plane with a million dollars in ransom and since then nobody has been able to track him down. 40 years later, the FBI - who never stopped looking for him - discovered that this American, an alleged member of the Black Panthers, has been peacefully living in Portugal, after having fled France, Algeria and Guinea-Bissau. On that fateful day, he had to face his wife and children and tell them all the secrets of his now unfolding past.

Spoils of War unveils extraordinary tales of espionage, patriotism, survival and romance against the backdrop of the Portuguese colonial war in Africa (1961 to 1974). Using exceptional archive footage - colorized for the first time in a process never before seen in Portugal - this documentary series by Sofia Pinto Coelho gives voice to anonymous heroes who now recount the crossroads they faced during a time of war and decolonization.

One night, the phone rings in a traditional Portuguese snack bar from the country side. The Spanish Civil Guard is looking for Kunta. He isn't there and till he arrives people speculate about those phone calls and about who is that man. His he a thief? A terrorist?

The fortuitous meeting of three women in a hospital waiting room will mark their lives forever. They don't know each other and neither can believe what is about to happen.

Joana is an oncologist who is forced to stay at home as the state of emergency is declared due to covid-19. She is now responding to patients, colleagues, family and friends remotely, always in the company of her two cats. As we dive into her intense work routine, we get to know other facets of her life. Having just turned forty, she wonders if she wants to change job and to move from her country.

A girl wanders through the city, countryside, beach, always clutching a phone from which she never takes her eyes off. Along the way, she comes across a group of characters that include a bear, dolphins, pirates, an alien. Everyone tries to captivate her and draw her attention, but she is indifferent to everything around her. After a series of adventures that include a brief space trip, the girl lands in a circus and climbs up a roller coaster. What no one expected was that, during the dizzying journey, the phone would slip out of her hands, only to fall apart on the ground.

Pictópsia follows the work process of Fernando Gaspar, contemporary artist, focusing on the preparation of a solo exhibition in Atlanta, United States, which marks ten years of collaboration with Bill Lowe Gallery. The documentary explores the artist's relationship with the different stages of the creative process and his connection with the studio as a fertile space for introspection, intimacy and creativity.

By the end of an incredible life full of adventure, misfortune and surreal accomplishments, a self-taught drummer, exalted to jazz legend among the community for having introduced to the stage dozens of inexperienced young people acclaimed today in the music industry, suffers a stroke. At first, half of his body is paralysed, but his stubbornness is overpowering. The mission is ambitious: to regain full movement, play the drums once again, introduce one last singer and return to Paris, where he played with Nina Simone and lived under a bridge.

A British couple, a nature warden, a member of Parliament, three lighthouse keepers and a dog constitute the cast of this documentary on life on the Savage Islands, a unique and paradoxical ecosystem miles away from the civilization.

Nobody knows the exact reason. Yet the Old Greeks called them "Iberia". One in the Caucasus. Another one in the Far West.

Johan Wolf is a former teacher from an island in the North Sea who started combing messages in bottles in 1968. Early in 2005, he had achieved a collection of 160 letters.

Unable to travel around the world, André decides to travel around the statue of the first man who almost circumnavigated it 500 years ago. Through the voice of Antonio Pigafetta he finds the migrants who inhabit his neighborhood in Lisbon.

African Parade is a documentary based on one of the most important diplomatic events ever to occur in the world: the 2nd EU-Africa Summit, which brought together most of these two continent's leaders for an unusual weekend in Lisbon.

Every Sunday evening, Guinean singer Karyna Gomes opens the doors of her Creole house in the heart of Lisbon to welcome friends, toast to life and share experiences. Sometimes, there is something cooking and someone comes to help in the kitchen; or there's a snack being prepared. Literature, films, social causes, dreams and aspirations: everything is a conversation topic in this cosmopolitan and eclectic Canto da Casa, where both emerging talents from the Portuguese-speaking world and established artists are welcome. In between a drink and a laugh, music happens.