A film that continually surprises and captivates its viewers from the beginning. A story of children and what it means to be young, told from a unique viewpoint.

For its ability to amaze the audience through fascinating and poetical minimalism, for the singularity of its mise-en-scene and for its rich use of metaphor.

With a car furiously evocative of the 550 Spyder Porsche that James Dean crashed, Name Above Title is a thoroughly atypical and thoroughly jubilatory film. With no dialogue and in a 60mm format, which makes it problematic for theatrical release, Name Above Title can already lay claim to cult status. Warning – there will be those who have seen it and those who haven’t.

Pop, cruel and sexy, a film which echoes the influence of Anger, Tati and Hitchcock, and perhaps the ghost of James Dead, is yet another proof of the fertile inventiveness of the new Portuguese cinema.

A first film whose formal clarity and mastery took us by surprise. A film that has the intelligence to place itself, completely unexpectedly, at the intersection of genres. Is it a tale, a fantastic film, a psychological drama? It’s also intelligent enough to let you decide for yourselves. In cinema that deals with the world of adolescents, John and the Hole commands a singular voice, composed of minute clues and glimpses of the troubling, all in the image of its protagonist.

An ambiance both strange and brute, where each shot exudes formal and aesthetic inventiveness, including an invented language which contributes to the film’s unique world. A film which nods to both post-apocalyptic and horror films and which flirts with burlesque, all the way to Grand-Guignol. A parade of monsters and tag-alongs as horrifying as they are endearing. Junk Head is a world of poetic gore. A must see.

An hallucinatory film that boggles the mind, and one which explores the deep and dark pockets of human history. With astonishing coherence, this great work submerges us into a world of desolation, destruction and dehumanised absurdities, and is one that will enter the annals of cinematic history with a big bang.