A selection of four Portuguese short films. Between animation, fiction and documentary, this programme brings us different perspectives from emerging directors, who take us on a journey through family dramas, stories of adolescence and childhood, a session full of emotion and also humour.

TOMORROW THEY DON'T GIVE RAIN
As she gets older, Oma's perception begins to change. Feeling that her mother can no longer live alone, a woman returns to her childhood home. As she tries to adapt to her new situation, her mother seems to sink deeper and deeper into herself.

A MUM GOES TO THE BEACH
Teresa, a single mother, enjoys a day at the beach with her six-year-old son, Benji, and his sister Marga, who has returned to Portugal for a summer holiday. What should be a happy family day turns into an uncomfortable evening due to Marga's frequent critical comments about Benji.

FRANCISCO LOST
A few weeks before the start of Euro 2004, twelve-year-old Francisco has a new mobile phone, the first of its generation to have MP3. With it, Francisco will finally be able to impress Rita, the girl he's in love with. But on that day at the beach, Francisco will discover that his love is not reciprocated and a chance meeting also goes unexpectedly wrong.

GOD-AND THE MIDDLE
A man wanders around an abandoned hospital. Years after their last encounter, someone whose life he saved seeks him out in his old consulting room, so that together they can piece together a memory of their shared past.