Expresso Depresso (2024)

Young-Green

The beginning of the 1950s. Nikolai Babushkin, a young specialist in one of the taiga construction sites, who had just been elected a deputy of the district council, was sent behind a brick to the city of Dzhegor. He is already familiar with the bold project of the engineer Cheremnykh, according to which one of the shops of the brick factory can be transferred to the production of expanded clay blocks in a short time. To provide the construction site with the necessary material, Nikolai gathers a team and helps the inventor to implement the project. There, in Dzhegor, he meets Irina, a graduate of the architectural institute …

Kid Courageous

The man Bannister has sent to investigate the trouble at his mine has disappeared. This time his son Bob goes, quickly learning that Kincade is the culprit. Kincade has been taking gold from the mine and now plans to kidnap Teresa and skip across the border.

DOMINOM: God of The Worms

In the eighties, in the Argentine Republic, a young journalist (Joaquín Larson) is induced by the professors of the Miskatonic University to do his thesis, in "exorcisms", in documentary format. The young man travels to the desert to meet two religious experts in exorcisms, who claim to be the guardians of a portal where the bodies and souls of native peoples massacred by the white man are found. Together they will face a demon called Dominom where there will be room for blood, bible and other demons.

The Question

After a tragic event, Juan's story with his grandmother remains unfinished. Closing it or not will be a difficult decision to make.

Roommate

When Pop and Note form their own musical band, they embark on a new journey to get to know their new members. However, things begin to change when they invite more lead vocals into the band.

Swiped

A millennial has to deal with the unexpected consequences of swiping himself on a dating app.

Palestinian Women

Palestinian women, the often-forgotten victims of the Israeli-Palestinian war, are here given a voice by Jocelyne Saab. The film was commissioned by Antenne 2 (France), but it was censured while still in the editing stage and never shown. This print was specially made for this retrospective by the conservation centre at Cinemateca Portuguesa.

Milestones

Following the death of their best friend, four guys and the dead men's sister steal his body and burn it on a beach in Italy to fulfill his last wish.

Manfish

Three deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure.

Swede Caroline

Competitive vegetable growers investigate the theft of prize marrow plants and uncover a tangled conspiracy.

Mark of the Gorilla

Nazis dressed to look like Great Apes are looking for gold, and Jungle Jim must stop them.

Akvaariorakkaus

Waitress Saara meets handsome journalist Joni, and soon moves in to live with him. Joni tries his best to satisfy Saara sexually but, disturbed by violent lesbian fantasies, she is unable to experience orgasm. Trying to cope with the situation, Saara has another brief affair back in her old home town.

The Hall of Little Things

Lea, a soul wandering in despair, embarks on a surreal journey through the winding streets of Jakarta. Driven by the haunting image of a mysterious young girl from her recurring nightmare, she delves into the city's labyrinthine alleyways in search of unlocking her own self clarity and redemption.

The Matrimaniac

A young couple attempts to elope, with the bride's irate father in hot pursuit. The train stops briefly and the young man dashes off to find a minister, but before he can get himself and the minister onto the train, it leaves, carrying his bride-to- be away. Now the young man, minister in tow, pursues his bride while her father and a horde of lawmen pursue them both.