
| 18h00 | Retrospective AVANCA24 |

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…
| 21h30 | Retrospective AVANCA25 |

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.
| 18h00 | Retrospective AVANCA22 |

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.
| 21h30 | Retrospective AVANCA25 |

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.
| 10h00 | avancaGIGANTES - 65 min | M/6 |

| 11h00 | avancaGIGANTES - 61 min | M/6 |
| 15h00 | avancaGIGANTES - 60 min | M/4 |

| 18h00 | Competition AVANCA 2026 |

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.
| 21h30 | Competition AVANCA 2026 |

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.