15th November

8:30 pm – Doors Open
Food & Drinks available

9.00 pm  “Flores”
Jorge Jácome
Fiction, 2017, Portugal, 26’

In a natural crisis scenario, the entire population of Azores is forced to evict due to an uncontrolled plague of hydrangeas, a common flower in these islands.
Two young soldiers, bound to the beauty of the landscape, guide us to the stories of sadness of those forced to leave and the inherent desire to resist by inhabiting the islands. The filmic wandering becomes a nostalgic and political reflection on territorial belonging and identity, and the roles we assume in the places we came from.

9.30 pm “Colo”
Teresa Villaverde
Ficção 2017, Portugal, France, 135′

Having picked up awards at Cannes, Venice, Valencia, and even the Golden Globes, Teresa Villaverde, one of Portugal’s most acclaimed directors, has presented “Colo” at the Berlinale official competition.
Using the Portuguese word for “hug” as its title, the film starts with just that: a hug between two teenage lovers, though not a hug of fond tenderness, but rather one of sorrowful farewell, in an opening scene that will only later be explained as an integral part of the plot.

“The film is a very present and almost serene reflection on our common path as European societies today, about our isolation, about our perplexity in the face of the difficulties that arise, about our life in the cities and within our families. It is a growing tension that never explodes.” (Teresa Villaverde)

16th of November

8:30 pm – Doors Open
Food & Drinks available