The adaptation of the eponymous novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís portrays the relationship between a young writer and her aunt, vibrant characters inspired by real people, living in the northern Portuguese countryside in the mid-20th century.

The Sibyl

A classic technique that associates images with places through a process of remembering and meaning. Starting from the memory of places and their context, the documentary delves into the creative process of three contemporary visual artists: Daniel Blaufuks, Pedro Bastos and José Rufino. Despite the different approaches and expressions of each author, we get to find points of connection in the way memory operates in their works. By investigating coincidences and rearrangements, we dive into the director's personal mythology, assuming that memory is a fiction like any film.

A Arte da Memória

The place of memories and the struggle against oblivion can take many forms, something that is transversal to these two films and the work of Daniel Blaufuks. In Judenrein, meaning free of Jews, the director examines amateur footage of the 1980s in a small Polish village, rescued to find answers about his story, in a biographical reflection. In Levantados do Chão, a philharmonic band traverses an abandoned hotel in the Azores, and the emptiness left by the ruins thus refers to a past that is still present and prevalent.

Judenrein

Several Portuguese creators occupy the director's chair in this collective short film shot during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown in an unfolding of personal perspectives.