The Special Screenings affirm cinema as a space for thought and intervention. The films address themes of displacement and identity. A highlight is the world premiere of Cape Of The World, winner of the 2023 Working Class Heroes grant, promoted by Porto/Post/Doc and Filmaporto – film commission.

The Town That Drove Away
Grzegorz Piekarski, Natalia Pietsch, DOC, 2025, POL, 70’
In Kurdistan, the last residents of an ancient town watch helplessly as centuries old traditions disappear when the Turkish government floods their land.

Bulakna
Leonor Noivo, DOC, 2025, PRT, FRA, PHL, 90'
A portrait of the life of Filipino women in migration, working abroad as caregivers while separated from their families.

Cape Of The World
Tomás Baltazar, FIC, 2025, PRT, 25’
It’s Christmas, and Miguel, newly arrived at Cabo do Mundo, explores the hospital’s corners while waiting for his mother, until a catatonic patient changes their routine.

Nova '78
Rodrigo Areias, Aaron Brookner, DOC, 2025, PRT, GBR, 78'
A journey into 1970s counterculture with unseen footage from the Nova Convention: Burroughs, Patti Smith and Zappa in three days of creative freedom.

Wild Magic
Sean Dunne, DOC, 2025, 83'
Canal180 presents Sean Dunne's latest journey into the fringes of American society, a kaleidoscopic exploration of contemporary mysticism in the United States.
Here, Dunne looks at how different forms of spirituality emerge in a country in crisis, revealing both the desperation and the search for meaning running through America today. Balancing delusion and lucidity, Wild Magic finds in the mystical imagination an honest portrait of human attempts to make sense of an uncertain time. Sean Dunne will also be joining 180 Media Academy for a talk about his approach to these communities and his documentary practice. More info at academy.180.pt

Little Syria
Mădălina Roșca, Reem Karssli, DOC, 2025, PRT, GER, ROU, 90'
An intimate story of three young Syrians torn between war and exile, searching
for survival, justice, and meaning after the revolution.

Yanuni
Richard Ladkani, DOC, 2025, AUS, BRA, EUA, CAN, GER, 112'
A portrait of Juma Xipaia, an Indigenous leader and activist targeted in six assassination attempts for her crucial role in the fight to preserve the Amazon and its peoples.