There is still far too little awareness that Portugal produces magnificent films! Films from this country at the south-western edge of the EU have rarely been box office hits in this country. Nor is Portugal associated with any particular style of filmmaking. And yet today, Portugal stands for highly creative, artistically extraordinary cinema that rightly enjoys an excellent international reputation. The latest Portuguese films are regularly shown at festivals and win awards, such as in Locarno in 2019, when Pedro Costa won the main prize for ‘Vitalina Varela’. To this day, the creative energy of the scene remains unabated. Especially in the refreshingly unconventional work of Miguel Gomes, currently the best-known representative, the boundaries between documentary and fiction, between social realism and myth, between political commentary and fantasy are repeatedly blurred.