Filmmaker Susana Sousa Dias traces Portugal’s period of fascism from 1926 until 1974. Read More »
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Jardim (2008) João Vladimiro
4 hectares of ground are the gardens that surround the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. Read More »
Um Caso de Polícia (1959) Carla Civelli, Renato Consorte, Cláudio Corrêa e Castro, Mara di Carlo
Belinha is worried about violence. When she hears a conversation about the murder Read More »
Orgia ou O Homem Que Deu Cria (1970)
A countryman kills his father and heads for the big city. Read More »
Por que Você não Chora? (2020) Cibele Amaral, Bárbara Paz, Carolina Monte Rosa, Elisa Lucinda
“Why don’t you cry?” addresses the delicate topic of suicide. Read More »
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma / Cristóvão Colombo – O Enigma (2007) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque
From the 1940’s to today, Manuel Luciano has tried to discover the true identity of Christopher Columbus. Read More »
Just Peter / Pedro Só (1972) Alfredo Tropa, António Montez, Ermelinda Duarte, Jorge Ramalho
Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between Read More »
Master, a Building in Copacabana / Edifício Master (2002) Eduardo Coutinho, Fernando José
The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana Read More »
Cinco vezes Favela – Pedreira de São Diogo (1962) Leon Hirszman, Flávio Migliaccio
The short is part of the feature film Cinco Vezes Favela, one of the first films of Cinema Novo. Read More »
Brazilian Planet of the Apes / O Trapalhão no Planalto dos Macacos (1976) J.B. Tanko, Renato Aragão, Baiaco, Renato Bastos
This movie is a spoof of “Planet of the Apes” (1968) and follows the storyline Read More »