It is all about love, manipulation, fear and emigration, converted and presented in sand, sign, and 2D/3D computer animation as well as stop motion. Jury member Fernando Galrito has compiled a programme with Portuguese films of recent years which he will introduce in Leipzig. An ideal opportunity to get to know his native country more intimately and to talk with him face to face.

The films:

Thursday, 29.10. | 10 pm

Cinema: Astoria | Passage Kinos

• Tragic Story with Happy Ending (História trágica com final feliz) by Regina Pessoa | Portugal, Canada, France 2005 | 7:46 min.

• Stowaway (Clandestino) by Abi Feijó | Portugal, Canada 2000 | 7:00 min.

• A Shadow in the Soul (Com uma sombra na alma) by Fernando Galrito and João Ramos | Portugal 2005 | 10:00 min.

• Sunday Drive (Passeio de Domingo) by José Miguel Ribeiro | Portugal, Belgium, France 2009 | 20:00 min.

• My Life in Your Hands (Mi vida en tus manos) by Nuno Beato | Portugal, Spain 2009 | 8:30 min.

• Candide (Cândido) by José Pedro Cavalheiro (Zepe) | Portugal 2007 | 11:20 min.

• Birds (Pássaros) by Filipe Abranches | Portugal 2009 | 7:00 min.

• Wind's Embrace (Abraço do vento) by José Miguel Ribeiro | Portugal 2004 | 2:34 min.