Francisca Alarcão

Astrakan 79 (2024)

1979. Flicking through pictures from a Soviet magazine, 15-year-old Martim dreams of building a new society. His radical communist parents send him to study at Astrakan for one year. In her new film, Catarina Mourão captures with tremendous precision the ...

Francisco Perdido (2024)

Goodbye, Beach (2022)

Struggling to settle in her first apartment, Laura returns to the space where she has always been happy, the beach where she spent holidays with her parents. For the first time, she feels the urge to say goodbye to her childhood in order to create her own ...

Afternoon Sun (2020)

Under the harsh rays of the sun, Carlos is laying down. There is sunburn on his back. The wind is still. The air is warm. There's a dryness in the air. He can barely breathe, until he sees Mateus. ...

Para lá do Rio (2019)

In a moment of necessity, Rita turns to a childhood friend and old partner in crime, Eddie, the only person whom she trusts and who will help her commit an illegal act that is going to help them both in the lives they lead. ...

Telebingo (2020)

A taping of a televised game of Bingo from 2013. The presenter reads the numbers inscribed on the balls aloud. As the winner is announced, however, something about the prize promised seems to be far more curious than anticipated... ...

Wind Vane (2020)

It's summer in Lisbon and Nicolau is an undecided boy. Among his doubts about the university course to follow and what kind of girl to choose for his girlfriend, Nicolau spends his days trying to figure out who he wants to be when he's bigger. The problem ...

Setembro (2016)

Mother and son move into a new house, a new city, a new story. ...

Entrecampos (2013)

Mariana is an 11 years old girl coming from Serpa who just moved to Lisbon with her father. The first days are spent in the city cleaning the house and knowing the new neighborhood, Entrecampos. After the first day of school, Mariana gets lost coming home ...