Funda Ccedil Ao Calouste Gulbenkian Movies

Fallen to an aquatic world, they move ineffably in a dense, clear atmosphere as if it was their first autonomous moment.

A recreation of an event to commemorate the presence of the dead and the decayed memories of the living, of filmmaking

In the summer of 1870, Raquel, who owns a farm, and lives secluded in her mansion with an old butler and a handful of servants, feels proud when an...

A digressive quest, through conversations with various people, about the need humanity has always had to tell stories about itself, about the power...

The film's starting point was an exhibit at the Centre of Modern Art (Gulbenkian) in Lisbon. By evoking a time in the past and the adventures of the...

Artur is in Lisbon for his holidays, wonders aimlessly, and is picked up by Rui, a young man who is into marketing and advertising. Joana is in...

Developing from an idea of diptych, the story of Anajara and Allison is told from two perspectives in continuity. If late night work complicates the...

Nino, tough but sickly, and his older brother Vicente live in the country with their father. After their father disappears ― we’re never...

A housebound mother's hunger for agency and control among the mutating textures and temporalities of her home sets off an uncanny transformation. A...

A country house. A weekend. A family. Time goes by. Silence prevails. "But listen to the breath of the unceasing message made of silence."

In Africa, during the colonial war, a patrol is lost in the bush and a soldier dies in operation. Twelve years later, in Portugal, the soldier family...

Freely based on Gide ('Paludes') and Hawthorne ('Wakefield'), this is a film about a writer who never wrote anything and who blows at nightfall the...

Six directors, six independent films, six visions on the state of the world. Each carrying a unique and personal interpretation of a specific...

Abel, 47 years old, two wars - in the colonies and France, emigration - several scars from many battles lost, returns in a jump to Portugal, to his...

After the demolition of the shacks and the construction of new buildings to resettle the residents of the old Curraleira neighborhood, an empty space...

One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his teaching position and resume his chemical work. However,...

Stop motion animation by Alexandre Siqueira

“The artist, in his movement towards the ideal, upsets the stability of any one society. Society aspires to achieve stability; the artist aims...

This documentary portrait covers all the themes of Daveau’s rich life: from her field research and private life to feminism and the influence...