Teatro Aveirense

PROGRAMA | PROGRAM - AVANCA 2026
Teatro Aveirense | 27 a 30 de julho de 2026
 
27JUL
Segunda | Monday
Teatro Aveirense (TA)
 
18h00 Retrospective AVANCA24
Vasco da Gama
  • "Amanhã, se tudo correr bem"
  • de/by Ivan Goldschmidt
  • Bélgica / Belgium | 85 min | ficção / fiction | M12
  • The ambulance pulls up in front of Gio’s house. The mission: to transport him and his daughter Cindy to Brussels for a heart transplant. Up until then, everything seemed to be under control.
    But when Bruno, the paramedic, and his unlikely colleague Aline invite them to join them on the trip, the journey takes an unexpected turn: with slamming doors, loose lips, and plot twists, the trip holds some surprises for everyone involved…

  • Honorable Mention for Feature Film - AVANCA 2024
 
21h30 Retrospective AVANCA25
Vasco da Gama
  • "O Palhaço de Cara Limpa"
  • de/by Camilo Cavalcante
  • Brasil | 80 min | ficção / fiction | M14
  • Flávio, um ator em crise conjugal, volta para a casa da mãe, ao mesmo tempo que prepara uma récita teatral inspirada no livro “A Poética do Devaneio”, de Gaston Bachelard. Desesperado pela falta de palcos para atuar, ele apresentará a obra pelas ruas da cidade do Recife como um manifesto poético. Flávio, an actor going through a marital crisis, returns to his mother’s home while preparing a theatrical performance inspired by Gaston Bachelard’s book "The Poetics of Reverie (A Poética do Devaneio)". Desperate due to the lack of stages on which to perform, he will present the play on the streets of Recife as a poetic manifesto.

  • Feature Film Award - AVANCA 2025
 
28JUL
Terça | Tuesday
Teatro Aveirense (TA)
 
18h00 Retrospective AVANCA22
Vasco da Gama
  • "SOULA"
  • de/by Issaad Salah
  • Argélia / Algeria | 92 min | ficção / fiction | M14
  • Soula, a young single mother, is rejected by her family. She finds herself caught in a spiral of violence. Along the roads and through a series of unfortunate encounters on a breathtaking journey, she heads toward her inevitable fate.

  • Feature Film Award - AVANCA 2022
 
21h30 Retrospective AVANCA25
Vasco da Gama
  • "Obraz"
  • de/by Nikolas Vukcevic
  • Montenegro | 95 min | ficção / fiction | M12
  • In the midst of World War II, a young boy finds temporary shelter in the home of the legendary Albanian war hero Nuredin Doka after fleeing from fascist persecutors who murdered his parents and burned his village to the ground. However, when the same paramilitary unit demands the boy’s execution, Nuredin must choose between his own honor and his family’s lives, questioning the stark difference between personal and collective interests.

  • Honorable Mention, Feature Film - AVANCA 2025
 
29JUL
Quarta | Wednesday
Teatro Aveirense (TA)
 
10h00 avancaGIGANTES - 65 min | M/6
avancaGigantes
  • AVANCA 2026 de/by coletivo de jovens em Avanca (Portugal) 1’
  • Limpa-chaminés de/by Nastimir Nikolov Tzatchev (Bulgária / Bulgaria) 8’
  • Maravilha de/by Ružica Nikolić (Sérvia / Serbia) 1’
  • Tudo o que perdemos de/by Marta Prokopová (R. Checa, Eslováquia / Czech Republic, Slovakia) 12’
  • Diferente de/by Husam Abed e/and Szilard Gergely (Jordânia / Jordan) 5’
  • Vasco da Gama, o mar infinito de/by Cláudio Jordão (Portugal) 22’
  • Saco de/by Vladimir Izhendeev (Rússia / Russia) 1’
  • O Peso do tempo de/by Laura Cristina Silva (Portugal) 6’
  • Dmitry Chostakovitch. Dança das Bonecas de/by Irina Margolina (Rússia / Russia) 1’
  • Destino de/by Carlitos Carranza (Argentina) 3’
  • A Luz é Grande de/by Markus Duffner (Portugal) 5’
 
11h00 avancaGIGANTES - 61 min | M/6
 
  • AVANCA 2026 de/by coletivo de jovens em Avanca (Portugal) 1’
  • Vasco da Gama, o mar infinito de/by Cláudio Jordão (Portugal) 22’
  • O Mar da Primavera de/by Koji Yamamura (Japão / Japan) 8’
  • Lendas de Mlawa: a Curandeira e o Cavaleiro de/by Ganna Yarovenko (Polónia / Poland) 30’
 
15h00 avancaGIGANTES - 60 min | M/4
avancaGigantes
  • AVANCA 2026 de/by coletivo de jovens em Avanca (Portugal) 1’
  • Estrada da Casa Pokka de/by Narumi Kuromiya (Japão / Japan) 2’
  • Stas e Zosia de/by Zofia Snarska-Słobodzian (Polónia / Poland) 2’
  • Fora de forma de/by Viktorija Jaros (Alemanha) 1’
  • Bruxa e sapo de/by Anastasia Provotorova (Rússia / Russia) 2’
  • Juca Jacaré - Calor para que te quero de/by Júlio César Custódio (Brasil) 10’
  • Banda da YaYa de/by Chun-Chien LIEN e/and Pohan LEE (Taiwan) 7’
  • Antonín Dvořák. O Peixe de/by Oksana Cherkasova (Rússia / Russia) 2’
  • A Luz é Grande de/by Markus Duffner (Portugal) 5’
  • As Aventuras de Generosidade de/by Jacques Dequeker (Brasil) 20’
  • Penas divertidas de/by VITIS (EUA / USA) 3’
  • Ouvido Surdo de/by Reza Sarbakhsh e/and Ali Jamali Motlagh (Irão / Iran) 5’
 
30JUL
Quinta | Thursday
Teatro Aveirense (TA)
 
18h00 Competition AVANCA 2026
Vasco da Gama
  • "A Voz da Mãe"
  • de/by Ganna Yarovenko
  • Polónia, Canadá, Ucrânia | 82 min | ficção / fiction | M12
  • In the early days of the full-scale Russian invasion, filmmaker Ganna flees the bombings near Kyiv with her children and her elderly mother. In Poland, they find refuge with Kaja, an artist and mother of five, who welcomes them as family. Despite the language barrier, a deep bond of solidarity forms between them, helping Ganna cope with trauma, loss, and uncertainty.

  • The film will be screened in the presence of the director.
 
21h30 Competition AVANCA 2026
Vasco da Gama
  • "Livros Restantes"
  • de/by Marcia Paraiso
  • Brasil, Portugal | 104 min | ficção / fiction | M12
  • About to leave Brazil to start a new life in Portugal, Ana Catarina, a literature teacher, gets rid of almost all of her books. Only five copies remain, each marked with dedications from people who were part of her story. Unable to part with them, she decides to return them personally to their former owners.
    Each reunion becomes a journey through memory, stirring up long-buried affections, wounds, and silences. Caught between the past and the future, Ana confronts the choices that have shaped her life and discovers that, to move forward, she must revisit what seemed to have been definitively put to rest.
    A sensitive reflection on letting go, memory, and the possibility of starting over.

  • The film will be screened in the presence of actress Denise Fraga, the director, and the producer.
    The film was shot, in part, in Aveiro and Costa Nova.