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16 years after Beatriz's husband disappears during a brutal massacre by occupying Indonesian forces, she is troubled by his mysterious return: is he the young man she had lost or is he an impostor?

Wawata Topu (women divers) are four generations of fisher-women striving to make a living in the coastal village of Adara, West Atauro, Timor-Leste. Their daily lives, economic practices and vital concerns, as well as the contradicting discourses and social barriers they face, are shown in this ethnographic portrait that makes visible their critical contribution to the household economies and the fishing community at large. Their underwater dancing takes place in a context of rapid social change, where the generalization of the formal education, the progressive consolidation of western moral values and the potential openness of more attractive livelihoods not linked to the sea, seem to be forging a social negotiation of the household economic strategies initiated by the oldest generation during the 50's.

Short drama from East Timor. A schoolgirl deals with the dark side of social media when she is lured into sending an explicit photograph to her boyfriend.

The Princess Or The Dragon?

"Boneca de Ataúro: Searching for the Lost Love" is an animated short film (20mins), in which the main character-a handmade rag doll called Ataurina-while looking for her lost boyfriend Ketilu, takes us into an adventurous trip across the island of Atauro. Throughout the journey, Ataurina encounters several dangers and meets other characters, all handmade puppets born from the same hands at the "Boneca de Atauro" (Atauro's Doll), the renown cooperative of 60+ women based in the coastal village of Vila Maumeta, in the beautiful Atauro island (Timor-Leste). The film was made pro bono-by award-winning filmmaker David Palazón-as a teaser for the cooperative's fundraising campaign; co-produced by Swiss artist and the cooperative's original founder Ester Piera Zuercher Camponovo, and with the objective to obtain funding support towards the cooperative's most immediate educational and infrastructure developments. Additionally, the film also works as a tourism destination promotional film, showcasing some of the island most beautiful locations, and therefore promoting Atauro as new eco-tourism destination in South East Asia.

Four testimonials about Human Rights violations in the first person filmed some months before the Santa Cruz Massacre. Grandfather Crocodile is a documentary about the power of images, 25 years after the tragedy that occurred in East-Timor. It's a cinematic journey through the work of the journalist that managed to get the world's attention to that small country. The dream of a country built on blood and in peace nowadays.

Ema Nudar Umanu is the story of the dream of a woman who has died told to a man born from a duck's egg in a jungle far from anything. It is the story of a couple forced together, coming to realise that what they each wish for is to be one another. It is a story about the point at which life is death, love is loneliness, man is woman and dream is reality. Five weeks from initial concept to shot and made on the barest of budgets, the film is an unprecedented undertaking that brings to life a dream from beyond the grave. Ema Nudar Umanu is a romance of liberty, draped in tragedy, comic and absurd.

A documentary deals with the surrounding of the screening of Al Karnak movie directed by Ali Badrakhan quoted from Naguib Mahfouz's novel, which sparked a great deal of technical and political controversy in Egypt led to the intervention of President Sadat to change its end as a prerequisite for public display.

One Man's inspiring story of hope, resilience and survival amidst the brutal fight to free East Timor.

D. Jaime Garcia Goulart. A simple man born on Pico island, in the Azorean archipelago, travels to the other side of the world being named the first Bishop of East-Timor in 1945. IDA NEBE FA'AN PULSA is a documentary that seeks the seeds left by D. Jaime in a young nation devastated by occupations and wars for the self-determination and independence, through the eyes of a young timorese. A film about Language, Religion, Culture and a People.

A poor Timorese boy is teased and ridiculed at his local school in remote Los Palos. In desperation he runs away to catch up with his only friend; a fisherman. While fishing he is he is confronted by a huge crocodile who demands fish in exchange for something more precious than food! After parting with the fish, the crocodile gives him three secret and wise sayings. He runs back to school, and twenty years later the boy has grown up to be a highly successful political leader. When asked what the secret of his success has been, he delivers the three wise saying with great oratory skills. As he concludes his voice turns into the crocodiles voice of long ago.

During Timor's brutal occupation by Indonesia thousands of children were stolen, as were many of the country's resources. This is 'Jose' Abdul Rahman's story. In 1978 Jose, eight at the time, was hiding on Mount Matebian when a plane dropped a bomb, killing 22 of his family. He survived, fled the mountain and started following an Indonesian Battalion. The soldiers forced Jose, and many other boys, to work as porters. In 1979 the soldiers took the children by ship to Indonesia.

A 15 years old boy follows his brother on the journey to save his community, during East Timor voted independence from Indonesia.

In 2006, a crisis erupted in East Timor that caused thousands of people to flee the city for safe refuge. The violence claimed the lives of many Timorese citizens and left widespread destruction in its wake. News of the crisis spreads around the world. When it reaches a young Timorese student she is immediately consumed with worry, frustration, fear and anger about the on going violence happening in her country. Cut off from family, she is left feeling hopeless as she thinks about the distance that separates her from her family. From Hawaii, she expresses her feelings of sadness to her family, believing that she will never see them again. She extends her love to her country and people through a written letter entitled, "Letter To My Mom."