Rui Poças Movies

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 reflection on loss, pain, sex and breathing.

Carlos Oliveira's literary universe is re-enacted in a studio using the writer’s personal objects and manuscripts, and with the help of Luis...

In a remote island where mourning was settled, a man decreed that there will never be sex or children anymore... The island gets desolate and he...

Short film.

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...

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,...

Dora divides her time between her work as a beautician, her policeman husband António, and her involvement in left-wing politics. A tale of...

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

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

A man who grew up in the '80s, in the midst of the pirate-radio scene, works now at a big, modern radio station, but still holds on to his love for a...

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

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

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...

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

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

In an enclosed space of a café for an entire night, a set of characters try to verbalize their thirst for love and their fear that love will...