Rui Poças Movies

Documentary about the poet, writer and playwright Hilda Hilst, considered by critics as one of the most important voices of the Portuguese language...

Fernando Lopes in the first person: through his words and films, from the village where he was born until Lisbon of present time, we discover the...

Jorge, a very shy young man, works as bellboy in a Lisbon hotel and lives in a guesthouse where he is constantly harassed by the owner’s...

A small group of artists travels the Brazilian backlands presenting a show. Upon arriving in a small village, they find an abandoned city with...

An interpretation of the life of Francis of Assisi.

The Portuguese Revolution (1974-75) seen through the eyes of some of the most important photographers and filmmakers that witnessed the event. Their...

Gaston Solnicki plays himself in this cinematic tribute to his friend Hans Hurch.

A documentary about the actress Glicínia Quartin on her 80th birthday. Her family, the anarcho-syndicalism, readings at his parents' house,...

A personal tribute to the poet Alexandre O'Neill by his dear friend Fernando Lopes.

La Cañada Real, on the outskirts of Madrid, is one of the largest illegal shanty towns in Europe. Tonino, a 15-year-old Roma boy, has always...

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...

In a small Portuguese village, a tragedy occurred. An old lady is found dead in her garden, surrounded by snakes, while her 40 year-old daughter,...

One bad thing never comes alone, says the people. The village Estrela is threatened by the waters of the new Alqueva dam. It will become an "island"....

A love triangle between two boys and a girl who drift through life from a rugby game, to a pool party, to the beach.

Early morning and everybody leaves home to work. Jeremias, the gardener, hears the telephone ringing in the house. The front neighbour has a...

China walks towards the Lisbon district of Martim Moniz. In its wake, the children shout: China! China! China will leave at dawn, will fly away. Just...

On the phone in his dark bedroom, a man relives the end of a turbulent affair, while across town, the city burns.