Vítor Alves

The film follows the daily experiences and dreams of the residents of a specific type of seclusion of freedom in which the convicts assume the maintenance of the space, the control of their own activities and their security. With a multifaceted approach, it proposes a reflection on the creative potential of incarcerated people, the documentary genre itself and its truth.

The film follows the daily experiences and dreams of the residents of a specific type of seclusion of freedom in which the convicts assume the maintenance of the space, the control of their own activities and their security. With a multifaceted approach, it proposes a reflection on the creative potential of incarcerated people, the documentary genre itself and its truth.

A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors.

A father and a son. The father will be seventy years old, the son is in his twenties. The son drives the father to the hospital. Classical music in the radio. The father did not know that the son liked classical music, and the son did not know that that would be the last time he would speak to his father. But Mozart asks that souls rejoice, that men rejoice.

When he was 16-years-old, a young man was so impressed by the paintings of an obscure painter, that he did his best to get acquainted with him, as an artist, and a painter. Eventually, the artist started writing, and impressing the cultural world of his country to the point he became an established artistic name, and a college teacher. So, too, did that young man grow to be a theater and film writer, producer, and director.

João Bénard da Costa, diretor do Arquivo Nacional de Cinema de Portugal [falecido em 2009], entrevista o reitor de diretores de cinema contemporâneos [então com 96 anos]. Dois humanistas de diferentes origens filosóficas, com suas vidas longas e inteiras dedicadas à cultura em geral (música, pintura, literatura) e ao cinema em particular, discutem livremente, às vezes com hesitação, o poder do diretor como criador ou mágico, a filosofia além de cenas particulares em filmes clássicos, técnica de filme, a importância da cor, som e música para filmes, arte versus entretenimento e muito mais. A conversa ocorre em uma sala de museu, em frente a "A Anunciação" (uma pintura a óleo de 1510 por João Vaz, um artista português), que acaba levando a uma discussão sobre 'Leonardo da Vinci' e a relação entre uma tendência mestre-setter e seus discípulos.

O cruzamento de um viagem pessoal com o trágico curso da história.

Angolares are the oldest inhabitants of the island of São Tomé. Control of the island was wrested from them in the late 19th century, and their descendents have been reduced to a small fishing community. This fascinating film explores the tangled history of the Angolares and their beautiful island.

Rio Vermelho (Red River) is a short film about a pregnant woman which has a strong connection to the river. In spite of being pregnant she swims in the river as she always did, but suddenly her child wants to born, birth time has come and she feels helpless in the middle of the river…She asks for "Lady of Beyond" help…

João Pedro Rodrigues films the holiday journey of an emigrant family from Paris to their homeland in Trás-os-Montes. Footage from the couple's daily life in Paris - he is a cobbler and she is a janitor - combined with records from their car journey through French and Spanish highways to Portugal and with moments of their holidays.

Chico wakes up on his 30th birthday to the sound of his girlfriend singing “Happy Birthday” to him on his answering machine. When João wakes up in bed next to him, he realizes that this is not his typical birthday.

Documentary about Japanese film director Shohei Imamura.

The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema. Lisbon after the Revolution. The white city of foreigners. A geographical and moviegoer screenplay of Lisbon through the images of films and testimonies of several filmmakers who filmed in Lisbon.