The full line-up will be revealed on Monday, 21 September at Culturgest, with a selection of subjects spanning Portugal’s political history, African liberation, music, literature, ageing and the future of Lisbon.

This festival will open with Edgar Pêra’s “Guerrilha no Asfalto”, based on Manuel Ricardo Sousa’s book of the same name and the memories of a former FP-25 member. Set against the political turmoil of 1980s Portugal, the film combines archive material, fiction, and artificial intelligence with Pêras own memories.

As reported by NiT, the film explores revolution and the possibility of continuing to make it through cinema, describing the story as being “based on surreal facts”.

.“Amílcar” by Miguel Eek, a co-production between Spain, Portugal, France, Sweden and Cape Verde, features a documentary centred on Amílcar Cabral, drawing on political writings, poems, private letters and unseen archive material to explore the man behind the public figure.

“O Nosso Último Filme sobre Lisboa” by the collective Left Hand Rotation imagines a future in which rising waters engulf the capital, using the scenario to consider what might remain of Lisbon’s communities, memories and struggles.

“Casa do Artista - Não é Permitido Envelhecer” by Solveig Nordlund enters the lives of residents at the institution for artists through music, memories and everyday moments, the looking at people who have grown older while remaining connected to the creative worlds that shaped their lives.

In the Heart Beat section, “Esta Vida de Marinheiro” by Paulo Miguel Antunes, follows the career of João Aguardela, the musician behind “Sitiados”, “Megafone”, “Linha da Frente” and “A Naifa”, who died in 2009. The film traces more than two decades of his career with archive footage, personal recordings and concert material.

Carminho stars in “Neste Quarto” by Ana Rocha de Sousa, filmed during the singer’s travels in Japan. The documentary combines music and poetry while exploring ideas of connection and empathy against the backdrop of global uncertainty.

“Nha Balila - Dentu d’Algem” by Inês T. Alves and André Xina follows the live of a 92-year-old, regarded as a living legend of Batuku, on a journey to Portugal. This tradition, representing Cape Verdian culture, has historically been preserved largely by women, combining singing, percussion and dance.

Literary figures have also been brought to the screen with “O Filme do Meio” by Margarida Gil, following Maria Velho da Costa and Armando Silba Carvalho as they work on the proofs of their book, while “Carta a Uma Jovem Escritora” by Marta Pessoa, revisits the work of five Portuguese female writers whose contributions have received less recognition.

Furthermore, “Vestígios” by Luís Mendonça brings together photographs taken by seven Polícia Judiciária specialists with an investigation into a forgotten film noir from Hollywood’s golden era.

The festival will also screen a newly restored digital version of “Ala-Arriba!” by José Leitão de Barros from 1942, marking 130 year’s since the filmmaker’s birth, portraying the fishing community of Póvoa de Varzim, combining fictional elements with ethnographic observation.

A tribute to Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka is scheduled for 17 October at 6pm at CAM Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian. “ Lino Brocka — Anarquista Nacional”, by Khavn De La Cruz, is an audiovisual performance built from material in Brocka’s film archive and accompanied by an improvised piano performance by the director.

Moreover, the programme will feature “Nosso Segredo” by Grace Passô, which follows a family brought back together by grief and a long-held secret. .

Tickets for screenings at Culturgest will cost €5, with festival discounts also available.