Rui Simões

Fiction is never very far from reality. A young man, of Portuguese heritage, decides to do a PhD based on the documentary The Good People of Portugal, a work from 1980, also directed by Rui Simões. This opens the door to a parallel between the reality of the film we see and that of PREC, the moment of the studied documentary and the contemporary world, with the young Michel in between.

Fiction is never very far from reality. A young man, of Portuguese heritage, decides to do a PhD based on the documentary The Good People of Portugal, a work from 1980, also directed by Rui Simões. This opens the door to a parallel between the reality of the film we see and that of PREC, the moment of the studied documentary and the contemporary world, with the young Michel in between.

Fiction is never very far from reality. A young man, of Portuguese heritage, decides to do a PhD based on the documentary The Good People of Portugal, a work from 1980, also directed by Rui Simões. This opens the door to a parallel between the reality of the film we see and that of PREC, the moment of the studied documentary and the contemporary world, with the young Michel in between.

Com esta viagem, dá-se início a uma partilha intergeracional: com o Portugal presente como pano de fundo, o realizador e a sua pequena filha deambulam como quem questiona, tentando compreender o país de hoje.

Com esta viagem, dá-se início a uma partilha intergeracional: com o Portugal presente como pano de fundo, o realizador e a sua pequena filha deambulam como quem questiona, tentando compreender o país de hoje.

Com esta viagem, dá-se início a uma partilha intergeracional: com o Portugal presente como pano de fundo, o realizador e a sua pequena filha deambulam como quem questiona, tentando compreender o país de hoje.

Em "Os Fotocines" constrói-se um retrato intimista da guerra junto de quem a viveu. Esta longa-metragem documental propõe-se a investigar quem eram aqueles que, na guerra colonial portuguesa, viviam com a responsabilidade simultânea de combater, de defender a própria vida e ainda, de permanentemente registar essa mesma missão coletiva, através das máquinas fotográficas e de filmar, assim como da projeção.

Film adaptation of "The letter from the hunchback to the locksmith" by Fernando Pessoa's heteronym Maria José.

A documentary overview on the life and work of the writer Mia Couto.

Departing from extracts written by Fernando Pessoa, the characters walk through the city of Lisbon, having the streets and houses where the Poet lived as the background.

Homónima à obra de Fernão Mendes Pinto, a encenação volante de Peregrinação, organizada pelo grupo de teatro O Bando exponenciou, no recinto da Expo 98, o mesmo espírito fantasioso que perpassa as célebres crónicas das expedições quinhentistas. Insinuando-se pela extravagância do seu aparato cénico, a espectacular parada de traço steampunk reinterpretava o passado ficcionando o futuro.

Em 1998, foi possível carimbar um passaporte com signos de todo o mundo sem sair de Lisboa, graças à Expo 98. Num caleidoscópio convite à submersão, regressamos à Exposição Mundial que assinalava os 500 anos da Expansão Marítima. O tema "Os oceanos: um património para o futuro" sublinhava a proximidade ao rio e celebrava a multiculturalidade aproximando-nos de tradições, hábitos, culturas e músicas dos vários continentes. Recebendo mais de 11 milhões de visitantes ao longo de 4 meses, foi uma das maiores exposições que Portugal acolheu e, nesta reunião de lusofonias, ouvimos concertos de Maria João e Mário Laginha, Dulce Pontes, Sérgio Godinho, GNR, Clã, Rui Veloso, Pedro Abrunhosa, Rio Grande, Delfins, Xutos & Pontapés, Madredeus, Cesária Évora e Marisa Monte, entre declamações do José Medeiros, os ritmos dos Adufe, cante alentejano, tambores dos Tocá'Rufar e batuques das Finka Pé.

The story of a homeless man and his journey.

The story of a homeless man and his journey.

Built in the New State to control the overseas students, the House of the Students of the Empire, situated in Lisbon with delegations in Coimbra and Porto, was fundamental in the fight for independence of the Portuguese colonies. Future leaders of the Liberation Movement, like Agostinho Neto and Amílcar Cabral, passed through this meeting point. The documentary The House restores the memories of the testimonies of the survivors of the House, fictionalizing in parallel excerpts of Pepetela´s “The Generations of Utopia”.

Built in the New State to control the overseas students, the House of the Students of the Empire, situated in Lisbon with delegations in Coimbra and Porto, was fundamental in the fight for independence of the Portuguese colonies. Future leaders of the Liberation Movement, like Agostinho Neto and Amílcar Cabral, passed through this meeting point. The documentary The House restores the memories of the testimonies of the survivors of the House, fictionalizing in parallel excerpts of Pepetela´s “The Generations of Utopia”.

40 years later, Rui Simões returns to São Pedro da Cova to exhibit the photographs he took during the directing of São Pedro da Cova's films. From this reencounter a new message to the centralised powers: now it's toxic waste that is threatening people's health. 40 years later. From coal to waste, the fight goes on.

40 years later, Rui Simões returns to São Pedro da Cova to exhibit the photographs he took during the directing of São Pedro da Cova's films. From this reencounter a new message to the centralised powers: now it's toxic waste that is threatening people's health. 40 years later. From coal to waste, the fight goes on.

Peruvian sculptor Silvia Westphalen reencounters friends, places and pieces of work in the company of the director Rui Simões

In Lisbon 1950, John, 13, decides to invade the neighborhood of prostitutes, nobility and sailors, starting a new stage in his life. Today this neighborhood is reflected in a scattered public debate centered on its night life.

In Lisbon 1950, John, 13, decides to invade the neighborhood of prostitutes, nobility and sailors, starting a new stage in his life. Today this neighborhood is reflected in a scattered public debate centered on its night life.

100,000 Portuguese young men left for war in the countrie's former colonies. In the same period, 100,000 fled the country so as to not be part of that war. What was the former's role in shaping Portugal?

Entre Cenas, de Rui Simões, é um documentário sobre as rodagens de Os Maias – (Alguns) episódios da vida romântica, adaptação cinematográfica do romance homónimo de Eça de Queirós pelo realizador João Botelho. Ao acompanhar o elenco "dentro" e "fora" das cenas daquele filme de época, Entre Cenas assume-se como uma extensão da história da família dos Maias, expondo a mentira do cinema e movimentando-se entre realidade e ficção.

Entre Cenas, de Rui Simões, é um documentário sobre as rodagens de Os Maias – (Alguns) episódios da vida romântica, adaptação cinematográfica do romance homónimo de Eça de Queirós pelo realizador João Botelho. Ao acompanhar o elenco "dentro" e "fora" das cenas daquele filme de época, Entre Cenas assume-se como uma extensão da história da família dos Maias, expondo a mentira do cinema e movimentando-se entre realidade e ficção.

Documentary about the work and life of António Ole, one of the most notable contemporary artists from Angola.

Documentary about the work and life of António Ole, one of the most notable contemporary artists from Angola.

O que levaria consigo se tivesse que fugir de casa sem saber se regressaria? Entre 1974 e 1976, perto de 300 mil Portugueses abandonaram Angola. Mais de 100 mil tinham nascido lá. Esta é a história das incríveis fugas de Angola por terra, mar e ar. E de tudo aquilo que não quiseram deixar para trás.

This documentary follows a group of habitants from Cova da Moura neighborhood into a journey to Cape Verde, to celebrate St. John festivities. Recovering the rituals and rhythms of these festivities, the cape verdean people living in that neighborhood near Lisbon, try to recover their roots and transmit it to their children.

This documentary follows a group of habitants from Cova da Moura neighborhood into a journey to Cape Verde, to celebrate St. John festivities. Recovering the rituals and rhythms of these festivities, the cape verdean people living in that neighborhood near Lisbon, try to recover their roots and transmit it to their children.

This documentary follows a group of habitants from Cova da Moura neighborhood into a journey to Cape Verde, to celebrate St. John festivities. Recovering the rituals and rhythms of these festivities, the cape verdean people living in that neighborhood near Lisbon, try to recover their roots and transmit it to their children.

Letters from Angola is a voyage into a forgotten past where several stories intersect - that of Angolan-born filmmaker Dulce Fernandes and those of the Cubans who fought in the Angolan war. A journey through today's Cuba, the film uncovers the lost connection to a land left behind and it's a poetic reflection on the fragile place of the individual in the midst of the tectonic movements of history.

Frei Gualter is sent by S. Francisco de Assis to Guimarães around 1213. The devotion to this franciscan friar started to rise and in 1577 the brotherhood of S. Gualter is created. The Gualterianas are celebrated since 1906, the new way of celebration in honor of their patron.

Frei Gualter is sent by S. Francisco de Assis to Guimarães around 1213. The devotion to this franciscan friar started to rise and in 1577 the brotherhood of S. Gualter is created. The Gualterianas are celebrated since 1906, the new way of celebration in honor of their patron.

Documentary about the Therapeutic Theatre Group of Julio de Matos' Psychiatric Hospital.

Vida e obra de Natália de Andrade: a mulher que se tinha a ela própria como uma diva do canto lírico e a realidade do seu canto que deu origem a inúmeros gags humorísticos.

50 years after its beginning, it's still a delicate and hermetic subject today, based on an exclusively male speech, as if veterans were war's only owners and victims. When a country is at war though, is there anybody left out? Warriors is a generation's war movie, told by those who were left behind to wait, those who chose to be there and those who ran to rescue the soldiers from the battle's front lines. A female insight on war.

Lisboa. As casas que olhamos ao passar na rua parecem vazias, mas não estão. Povoados por idosos que vão perdendo o contacto com a rua, estes interiores formam um lado avesso da cidade. Lisboa deixa de ser um mapa feito de edifícios e arruamentos para passar a ser uma cidade cartografada com base em dificuldades, hábitos e memórias. LISBOA DOMICILIÁRIA é o retrato interior de uma cidade, feito a sete vozes, onde as fachadas dão lugar aos rostos e as distâncias se medem em passos. Onde a vida insiste na sua riqueza e reclama um lugar para lá de estatísticas e vontades pias. Olha-se o futuro e ele devolve o tempo que irá passar.

Na área da Grande Lisboa, o nome de Cova da Moura nunca foi sinónimo de bem estar, educação ou prosperidade. Pelo contrário, esteve sempre associado à ideia de violência, insegurança, perigo, ou, na melhor das hipóteses, de falta de instrução ou simplesmente pobreza. ILHA DA COVA DA MOURA segue o quotidiano deste bairro, descobrindo nele reflexos de Cabo Verde e procurando os modos como a exclusão social se combate ou perpetua nas vidas dos seus moradores.

Fernando Lemo's world is fiercely stripped of any external logic, as Jorge de Sena once said. His artistic gesture blends with his own existence, where the poetic principle comes first. And with the light that insists to come through the half-closed door, the fear of life is vanquished in the battle fought with death. Thus, each word is born within another word and each image within another image. Out of how many knives is love made, the poet wonders?

The paths of pain are populated by men and women of all ages, suffering from lack of affection, lack of money, mental problems, alcoholism and drug addiction, or they are simply people who have come to Portugal in search of a life that is a little better. On the other side of this path there is a veritable anthill of volunteers, social welfare workers and different technical assistants who construct and maintain support structures, some of them thinking of better days, and others institutionalising this help without believing that the phenomenon can be cured.

The paths of pain are populated by men and women of all ages, suffering from lack of affection, lack of money, mental problems, alcoholism and drug addiction, or they are simply people who have come to Portugal in search of a life that is a little better. On the other side of this path there is a veritable anthill of volunteers, social welfare workers and different technical assistants who construct and maintain support structures, some of them thinking of better days, and others institutionalising this help without believing that the phenomenon can be cured.

Woman seeks house to domesticate. Wants sensitive, versatile space, any age, with sense of humour. Offers availability of feelings. Has references. Schedule to be arranged.

This documentary shows a peculiar vision about theatre in general and O Bando in particular, on the bases of João Brites' directing the showcase of “ENSAIO SOBRE A CEGUEIRA” (essay on blindness), written by José Saramago.

This documentary shows a peculiar vision about theatre in general and O Bando in particular, on the bases of João Brites' directing the showcase of “ENSAIO SOBRE A CEGUEIRA” (essay on blindness), written by José Saramago.

Recording and editing of the homonym ballet, choreographed by Olga Roriz, for the Companhia Olga Roriz.

Júlia is a 16 year old teenager. A sudden emergency hospital commitment helps her realize, although reluctent, that she suffers from a serious desease: nervous anorexy. Her recovery is slow, but she can count on the support from both her friend, parents and the psychologist.

Júlia is a 16 year old teenager. A sudden emergency hospital commitment helps her realize, although reluctent, that she suffers from a serious desease: nervous anorexy. Her recovery is slow, but she can count on the support from both her friend, parents and the psychologist.

Live concert of the Irmãos Catita and friends at the Ritz Club, in 1996, Very Sentimental Show. Includes bonus concerts: Cinearte 1993, and Queima das fitas Coimbra 1994. The roots of the Catitas' spirit are buried deep down the origin of time. Spread like Polibas around the World, starting from its own center of balance, elsewhere in the elevator of Grand Hotel Curia, raised by the "madrastas", a kind of so-called religious female-educator, spread amoung the Christian World, and whose main educational tool is the stick, the Catita brothers became early "stars" within the various orphanage they frequented, from French Polynésie to San Marino's Republic, through Casa Pia and the various holiday camps of the former New State, today refered to as Old State.

Live concert of the Irmãos Catita and friends at the Ritz Club, in 1996, Very Sentimental Show. Includes bonus concerts: Cinearte 1993, and Queima das fitas Coimbra 1994. The roots of the Catitas' spirit are buried deep down the origin of time. Spread like Polibas around the World, starting from its own center of balance, elsewhere in the elevator of Grand Hotel Curia, raised by the "madrastas", a kind of so-called religious female-educator, spread amoung the Christian World, and whose main educational tool is the stick, the Catita brothers became early "stars" within the various orphanage they frequented, from French Polynésie to San Marino's Republic, through Casa Pia and the various holiday camps of the former New State, today refered to as Old State.

How would you react if you couldn't see? In rehearsing the theatrical adaptation of "Blindness", by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, the company "O Bando" made the experience. The actors lived 24 hours blindfolded in an abandoned hospital. How would you react if you could see again?

It relates to our geographical position, with the discovery of the trajectory of each of the characters.

Private Property is built of a thick matter from the mixture of cement, desire, past dreams, lies, lime, perverse games, pain, a hidden camera, water, passing time, blood and imminent danger.

This work deals with seduction, fights, power games, surrender and rejection, fear, loneliness and eternal love.

Private Tango is the result of complicity between the interpreters and the camera. The movements initially choreographed adapt and reinvent themselves in an improvisation where the camera also becomes her interpreter.

Documentary about "Madrugada" show: On the eve of 25th of April, 1999, took place at Praça do Comércio, in Lisbon, the performance of "Madrugada", a creation of the Theatre O Bando, commissioned by the Lisbon city council to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the "April Revolution".

Founded in 1974, O Bando has known how to grow artistically. From an initial project, almost exclusively dedicated to a younger public, it developed the idea of a community theatre where different generation can meet. O Bando tries to find the anthropologic roots of our imaginary and tries to create poetic visual, at a risk accepted by the experimental contemporary art.

O filme procura traçar a história entre o 25 de Abril de 1974 e o 25 de Novembro de 1975, tal como ela foi sentida pela equipa que, ao longo deste processo, foi ao mesmo tempo espetador, ator e participante, mas que, sobretudo, se encontrava totalmente comprometida com o processo revolucionário em curso.

O filme procura traçar a história entre o 25 de Abril de 1974 e o 25 de Novembro de 1975, tal como ela foi sentida pela equipa que, ao longo deste processo, foi ao mesmo tempo espetador, ator e participante, mas que, sobretudo, se encontrava totalmente comprometida com o processo revolucionário em curso.

O filme procura traçar a história entre o 25 de Abril de 1974 e o 25 de Novembro de 1975, tal como ela foi sentida pela equipa que, ao longo deste processo, foi ao mesmo tempo espetador, ator e participante, mas que, sobretudo, se encontrava totalmente comprometida com o processo revolucionário em curso.

A partir do célebre discurso de Salazar feito em 1936 o filme procura de forma didática mostrar os alicerces do regime fascista durante os 48 anos da sua existência até ao 25 de Abril de 1974. O funcionamento da sociedade portuguesa e a sua história desde 1910, a ideologia salazarista, o apoio à igreja, a repressão e a guerra colonial até à libertação de Abril são os temas principais.

A partir do célebre discurso de Salazar feito em 1936 o filme procura de forma didática mostrar os alicerces do regime fascista durante os 48 anos da sua existência até ao 25 de Abril de 1974. O funcionamento da sociedade portuguesa e a sua história desde 1910, a ideologia salazarista, o apoio à igreja, a repressão e a guerra colonial até à libertação de Abril são os temas principais.

A partir do célebre discurso de Salazar feito em 1936 o filme procura de forma didática mostrar os alicerces do regime fascista durante os 48 anos da sua existência até ao 25 de Abril de 1974. O funcionamento da sociedade portuguesa e a sua história desde 1910, a ideologia salazarista, o apoio à igreja, a repressão e a guerra colonial até à libertação de Abril são os temas principais.