Nebulae presents a showcase of Portuguese projects in progress, offering directors and producers the opportunity to present their work to industry professionals and international guests. The initiative aims to boost the visibility of Portuguese cinema in the international market, fostering creative partnerships and new opportunities for co-production and distribution. The session will be followed by a cocktail reception hosted by the Portugal Film Commission.
The Exemplary Tales Of The Dancing Beings portrays a constellation of young friends who refuse to conform to the world they live in. Bonded by a shared hope, they imagine an alternative reality in which, together, they can remain free.
Production: Filipa Reis, Uma Pedra no Sapato
In an abandoned building in Lisbon, young people build a community, where art, affection, and resistance intertwine in a collective struggle for the right to housing, echoing to the rebellious choir of the Kantata of the Uncertain Roof.
Production: Bruno Morae Cabra, Wonder Maria Filmes
At the age of 4, Alex escapes the Mozambican civil war and is left at a Shaolin temple in China. Years later, as a Kung Fu master, he returns to fight corruption, training the Special Forces. But the country is plunged into a new war.
Production: Rodrigo Areias | Bando à Parte (Portugal) / Inkomati Filmes (Moçambique)
In the course of a year, the wine-growing region of Beaujolais in France is transformed and transforms the lives of those who cross it. A search by lives in a cycle, which presents us with a confluence of disparate experiences in a Europe village.
Production: Terratreme Filmes: João Matos, Leonor Noivo, Luisa Homem, Susana Nobre, Tiago Hespanha; Rua Escura: André Gil Mata, Cláudia Ribeiro, Frederico Lobo (Portugal)