Best Portuguese science fiction movies
A curated collection of popular science fiction movies from Portugal.
State of Emergency (2012)
State of Emergency (2012)
Chaos consumes a small town when a chemical facility explodes releasing a deadly toxin. Moments after the leak, the town's residents show signs of mutation, causing the military to quarantine the area leaving any survivors helpless and trapped inside. The story follows Jim, a young man isolated within the red zone, as he eludes flesh eating zombies in an attempt to win back his freedom.
Low-Flying Aircraft (2002)
Low-Flying Aircraft (2002)
Based on a the short story "Low Flying Aircraft" by J.G. Ballard and set in a near future where humans are dying breed. Judite and André flee to a semi-abandoned apartment complex to protect their mutant child from certain death.
Far from Eden (2013)
Far from Eden (2013)
A survivor travels in search of the last bastion of civilization. Battling to survive, but never losing hope that something nostalgic from the past, which lives on in his memory, might still exist.
Interface (2020)
Interface (2020)
Raúl, a computer programmer believes that the world as we know it is doomed and that the project he is developing will change the lives of many people.
See You Later Space Island (2022)
See You Later Space Island (2022)
In the middle of the Atlantic, Helena rekindles an old friendship with Ceu, an astrophysicist who recently relocated to the Azorean island of Santa Maria to study exoplanets. Caught between the island’s geological inheritance and the vastness of the cosmos, the two friends reconcile with the various space exploration infrastructures that are stationed on the island. A work of science-fiction inspired by the various space resources currently existing in Santa Maria, See You Later Space Island is a loose tale of friendship and endurance.
John (2017)
John (2017)
We are in the year 2043 and our existence is immersed in a sea of apathy. A reflexion about our evolution as humans.
Blue Lisbon (2019)
Blue Lisbon (2019)
How far can a father go to guarantee a world of happiness to his daughter? On the day when everything changes and the past emerges, a family adrift and its network of unlikely friends will be reunited in Lisbon. A Blue Lisbon, full of undoing knots.
Dildotectonics (2023)
Dildotectonics (2023)
Ceramic dildos intended to go beyond cis-normative sex toys; the forbidden love of Josefa and Maria during the Inquisition; a singing narrator… Such are the elements that make up Dildotectonics. A masterful blend of time and place, this film gives free rein to a search for pleasure that is free from all normative constraints.
O Sorteio (2024)
O Sorteio (2024)
War or Peace? (1992)
War or Peace? (1992)
What happens when the testimonies of maimed Colonial War veterans meet the visual universe of Marvel comics? Would an alien life form, confronted with the evidence shown here, be able to say what war and peace mean to the members of the race we call human?