Manoel de Oliveira Movies

Manoel de Oliveira's homage to Vila do Conde, with a poem by José Régio. It was shot in 1965, but only completed in 2008.

Don Quixote, Luís de Camões, Camilo Castelo Branco and Teixeira de Pascoaes meet in an eternal garden in the middle of a modern city...

An artistic and poetic documentary about the meaning of the Portuguese flag.

Life and legacy of Agostinho da Silva. Traversing the biographical journey, the life and work of the Luso-Brazilian philosopher, this work has...

Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.

A conversation between the filmmaker Manoel de Olivieira and the writer Agustina Bessa-Luís.

A tribute documentary to Manoel de Oliveira, on occasion of his 100th birthday.

Each day, Man must work around the clock to produce and acquire bread: throwing the seeds into earth, helping the breeding of the corn, the corn's...

From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince...

Reel 11 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

Documentary deciphers the films and sheds light on the figure of a creator both serious and facetious, haunted by the history of his country and...

A satirical short film about technology.

Paulo Rocha catches up with his “beloved subject” in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1929, and where today Oliveira...

A series of images documenting the floods of the river Tagus. This film has been recovered and made available by the Cinemateca Portuguesa.

A silent film depicting a meeting between Nikita Khrushchev and Pope John XXIII is screened.

The painter António Cruz wanders around the city of Porto painting what he sees: old and modern buildings, people arriving and leaving work in...

Filmed with the same camera and the film stock remains of Douro, Faina Fluvial, portrays the inauguration of the hydroelectric power plant of Ermal,...

A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.

Film about Calouste Gulbenkian, produced for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.