Movies: Manoel de Oliveira

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 gender relations....

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

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

Documentary by Manoel de Oliveira filmed in 1965 and exhibited in 2008 in the Venice Film Festival....

Every year the Viennale invites a famous director to produce a short film as the festival trailer. In 2014 the choice has fallen on the 105-year old Manoel de Oliveira....

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

A group of tourists arrives to the historical center of Guimarães. The camera goes up over the shoulder of Alfonso Henriques' statue. The first king of Portugal, holding up his sword, demands respect. Nevertheless, from there we see how the group of ...

The painter António Cruz wanders around the city of Porto painting what he sees: old and modern buildings, people arriving and leaving work in the factories, children playing. The impressionist realism of Cruz’s drawings dissolves into Oliveira’s vis...

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

The camera shows the vivid paintings by late Júlio Régio, with a narrative by his brother, while guitar tunes underline the mood and rhythm of the cinematography....

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

From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince Henry the Navigator, through its Viking ships and dizzying bridges, the Douro is a great witness to the history and cul...

The film exhibited the community and the beach, "how I new and it was shown to me" (Manoel de Oliveira) by the Meneres family, that had a house in Miramar. The film is currently lost....

A look at the life in the small village Vilaverdinho, in the North of Portugal. Oliveira made this film as a present for a friend. It has only been publicly shown once....

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

A look at various statues in the city of Lisbon. This film is incomplete and was distributed against the will of the director....

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

Short documentary about the town of Famalicão, in the North of Portugal....

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

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