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- An Englishman returns after nine years abroad and tells strange stories of the tiny people of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, the flying island Laputa and the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses.
- An alien returns to Earth years after an earlier visit to reunite with his Earth son and together, they search for the alien's human wife.
- A determined and strong girl, Nazare, who will do anything to get her mother's surgery done, ends up saving Duarte, the son of a tycoon, from a wildfire. His uncle makes her an offer to betray Duarte in exchange for her mother's treatment.
- Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.
- The joviality of the newly arrived and trained priest Amaro draws attention and some question his ability to perform his duties, while he meets Amélia, the most beautiful young woman in Leiria, and the vow of celibacy is questioned.
- On September 27, 1810, the French troops commanded by Marshal Massena, were defeated in the Serra do Buçaco by the Anglo-Portuguese army of general Wellington. Despite the victory, Portuguese and British are forced to retreat from the enemy, numerically superior, in order to attract them to Torres Vedras, where Wellington had built fortified lines hardly surmountable. Simultaneously, the Anglo-Portuguese command organizes the evacuation of the entire territory between the battlefield and the lines of Torres Vedras, a gigantic burned land operation, which prevents the French from collecting supplies. This is the setting for the adventures of a multitude of characters from all social backgrounds - soldiers and civilians, men, women and children, young and old - to the daily routine torn by war and dragged through hills and valleys, between ruined villages, charred forests and devastated crops.Highly persecuted by the French, already tormented by an unmerciful weather, the mass of fugitives continues to move forward clenching the teeth, just to save their skin, loaded with tenacious will to resist the invaders and retreat them from their country. Or even hoping to take advantage of the disarray to satisfy their basic instincts. All of them, whatever nature or motivations - the idealistic young lieutenant Pedro De Alencar, Clarissa Warren, the malicious little English girl, the shady dealer Penabranca, the vindictive Sergeant Francisco Xavier or the lusty prostitute Martírio, all gather by different paths to the lines of Torres, where the final battle will decide the fate of each one of them.
- The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a sinister web of love, hate and crime, cross paths with him through years of adventure.
- We are in 1320, in the newly formed country we call Portugal. Isabel, the Holy Queen, is the wife of Dinis, the king, and mother of Afonso, the heir, both involved in a civil war that affects everyone.
- Portugal struggles for its very existence against the mighty Castile (Spain) invasion drawing in Britain and France during the Hundred Year's War in Medieval Europe.
- Two amateur thieves are hired to steal an extremely valuable Van Gogh painting from the abandoned farm of an Argentinian countess.
- He is a French taxi driver in Lisbon carrying the scars of a wife's infidelity that ended in tragedy when he found her with his lover upon returning from the war. She is a French woman in trouble with the law and she has a police inspector on her tail. They fall passionately in love, but because of his past he is not able to trust that she is not using him to escape the police. She must choose between escaping with him and remaining under a shred of doubt or turn herself in to prove that she indeed loves him.
- Nicholas celebrates his 40th birthday in his country house with some friends. He has everything he ever wished for, but on that night, he will end up dead in his swimming pool. From that moment on, a dead Nicholas wonders how his life would be if he had made a different choice 10 years ago. The viewer then follows two stories: on one hand the police, trying to solve the mystery of Nicholas' death; and on the other, Nicholas himself living a different life. A second life.
- Quasimodo the hunchback is mistaken as the serial killer of El Paris. Can he clear his name?
- Two sisters submerge on a deep journey between reality, dreams and fantasy - an exploration of the female gender in horror films, delving into the issues of anxiety and the continued sensation of feeling someone is watching you.
- "Black Tears" tells a tragic love story. Andres' life is completely shaken after he meets Isabel. She is not really crazy, simply different. Isabel is suffering, and Andres follows her wherever it might be necessary, whatever the consequences.
- The "Flying Clipper," a five-masted, fully rigged ship, manned by a young Swedish crew, sets off to tour the Mediterranean. The ship and the sailors visit Egypt, Turkey, Monaco during the Grand Prix, Spain, and many other beautiful places.
- One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his teaching position and resume his chemical work. However, when he gets home he finds a person there.
- The disastrous attempts of D. Lucas Telmo Midões to achieve in 1981 the independence of the Berlengas islands - lost eight centuries ago, during the conquests of D. Afonso Henriques.
- The sea, often treacherous, is the only source of living of the people of Nazaré. The film tells the story of António and his family, where no dreams are allowed. There is also the mourning of the woman in black wailing silently on the beach or waiting for their children lost in the sea.
- Diogo Bernardo Furlong, a Portuguese cabaret singer/songwriter, comes to Ireland to scatter the ashes of his dead Portuguese mother on the grave of his lost Irish father.
- Claude, Bob, and Mary form a surf group to travel worldwide seeking thrills and waves. Their adventurous journey takes them to exotic locales like Portugal, Morocco, Hong Kong, and Hawaii.
- António, a single man, leaves town for a singing tour, and finds a in his car. He decides to take care of the baby with the help of his friend Madalena - and get in trouble when the criminal policegoes them. A distracted mother had reported an abduction...
- 2004's European Footballing Championship, held in Portugal.
- Biography of Portugal's prime minister who presided over the reconstruction of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake, and his many decisions that altered significantly the course of Portuguese economy, culture, education, and diplomacy.
- The Police searches Martim a young boy who is missing, why did he left his home and where is he?
- Falacha is the captain of a fishing boat of Nazaré who lost part of his men in a shipwreck. Among them was the husband of Aunt Aurélia, who holds Falacha responsible for this tragedy. A few years later, Maria, Falacha's daughter, falls in love with Manuel, Aurélia's son, which makes the two young people the new Romeo and Juliet. As for Falacha, he succumbs to social pressure and commits suicide...
- Play writer and stage and film actor Miguel Franco (1918-1988) "narrates" his biography via a selection (by Miguel Cardoso) of his literary texts, newspaper chronicles, interviews and private letters, over images from his personal archive of 8 and Super 8 mm with additional images from the 16 mm news archive from the national TV broadcaster about some of of his theatrical works. The choice of music that underlines the scenes was made from Miguel Franco's favorite music pieces.
- Being divorced, André does not accept the idea of having to leave the residence and his furniture, as his woman suggests, when she visits him accompanied by an antiquarian.
- Red Chargers tells the story of the North Canyon of Nazáre, the swells seen there during the 2015/2016 El Niño season and the extraordinary individuals, or "red chargers," who set out to ride them. The film focuses on the unique lives of big wave surfers, their dedication, the teamwork involved in riding the world's largest waves and the unique wave that brought them to Portugal.
- The small Portuguese coastal town of Nazaré is unique in Europe. It became the Olympus of surfing in the 2010s. Monster waves roll ashore here between late autumn and spring. They are the largest in the world, so Nazaré is a hotspot for big wave surfers such as the German professional Sebastian Steudtner, the only German extreme athlete in this field who belongs to the world's elite. The giant waves are spectacular, but they are also extremely dangerous. They have given the former fishing port a new boom, because the activities of the surfers now attracts tourists in droves to the place even in winter. But accidents with serious injuries occur again and again. The documentary shows how the coastal town is handling the new attraction and how Sebastian Steudtner is preparing for a new record ride on the biggest wave on earth.
- For all people, life begins in the water, in the protective body of the mother, where they are gently rocked back and forth. After birth, life meets them again in waves. And finally they return to the water to conquer or grasp it. There is the scientist who tries to measure and calculate waves in search of a formula. In the meantime, the shaper builds surfboards, always looking for the perfect shape. And finally there is the surfer who daringly throws himself into the most dangerous waves and looks out to sea to catch the largest of them if possible. A documentary film that deals with life, the waves and the power of the sea and whose different protagonists unite the love for the waves.
- A writer starts a journey in search for the inspiration for he's next book. This quest takes him to the boundaries of he's own perception of reality, where the characters are ghosts that wonder through dreams. In this alternative world where fiction confuses itself with reality, the author plays the role of a character in a script bigger than life... or so it seems.
- Welcome to the place where all human scum meets and reveals their true faces and their most secret desires. Luxury, pleasure and sex. Simple means to an end. The main character dwells through four sceneries of vice and crime, converging into a spiral of physical and emotional decline.
- «Burial in Weak Land» is a journey into the most cruel human being world. It shows the story of a mother who is forced to leave her daughter due to a hidden addiction of her husband.
- The perils of a young woman's search for work building bridges despite resistance from architectural execs, conservative parents and dead relatives. Suffice it to say: "There's no business like bridge business."
- The Documentary of the tour of "Maldoror por Mão Morta" live show.
- In a small fishermen's village love affairs are in turmoil, amidst political meetings and revolutionary activities. Nature adds drama to the human passions with its wind- and sea-storms.
- A documentary looking at what was behind the Nazaré Lady Miracle. Was it religious or did it have to do with extraterrestrial?
- Portugal, 1340. Ines de Castro and D.Pedro lived the most popular love story ever to be known in this land yet little do we know about its origins and the silent tragedy carried by Constanca.
- In 1975, after the Portuguese revolution of April 25th, the city of Leiria gathered more than 12,000 children, where for the first time they could enjoy in freedom The International Children's Day. Thirty years later, new found footage, documented the happiness lived that day. Recognizing that all children have the right to be understood, educated and loved, the UN established the 1st of June as the chosen day to represent all the children in the world.