Francisco Costa

Primeira Obra (2023)

Fiction is never very far from reality. A young man, of Portuguese heritage, decides to do a PhD based on the documentary The Good People of Portugal, a work from 1980, also directed by Rui Simões. This opens the door to a parallel between the reality of ...

The Old House (2021)

An old house withers away at the heart of a village ripped in half by a road where cars no longer stop. During the dictatorship, this building was the most progressive Catholic seminary in Portugal. António, the front door neighbor, was brought up and rai ...

No País de Alice (2021)

With this trip, an intergenerational sharing begins: with Portugal present as a backdrop, the director and a little daughter wander as if in question, trying to understand the country of today. ...

Understory (2019)

Men and plants have always traveled together in a reciprocal relationship that - for better or for worse - has drastically transformed the world. The mythical cacao tree, native to the Amazon Basin, has spread throughout the world along the narrow equatori ...

How Many Times Have You Dreamt About Me? (2018)

Departing from extracts written by Fernando Pessoa, the characters walk through the city of Lisbon, having the streets and houses where the Poet lived as the background. ...

Imensa Saudade (2018)

Documentary by Rui Simões, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of Expo 98, one of the biggest exhibitions that Portugal hosted ...

Yellow Country (2018)

In a remote and inhospitable place with its own rules, we follow the journey of a group of women forced into slavery. ...

Black Heart (2017)

A couple looks to mend their relationship and build a new home in the Azores. ...

From Coal to Waste - The Return to São Pedro da Cova (2017)

40 years later, Rui Simões returns to São Pedro da Cova to exhibit the photographs he took during the directing of São Pedro da Cova's films. From this reencounter a new message to the centralised powers: now it's toxic waste that is threatening people' ...

Alto Bairro (2014)

In Lisbon 1950, John, 13, decides to invade the neighborhood of prostitutes, nobility and sailors, starting a new stage in his life. Today this neighborhood is reflected in a scattered public debate centered on its night life. ...

Between the Scenes (2014)

A documentary filmed during the shooting of Os Maias - (Alguns) episódios da vida romântica, the cinematic adaptation directed by João Botelho of the homonymous novel by Eça de Queirós. Following the cast in and out of scenes of the period film In-Bet ...

O Brilho das Cidades - A Rota do Azulejo (2014)

Amadeo, e depois (2014)

Ole António Ole (2013)

Documentary about the work and life of António Ole, one of the most notable contemporary artists from Angola. ...

Fatal Sin (2013)

A boy and a girl fall in love. But on the night they met, she was drunk and stoned and he took advantage of her. Although she does not remember almost anything from that night, she remembers something that may compromise their relationship. ...

Ensaio (2012)

A film that takes place in another movie ...

Cartas de Angola (2012)

Letters from Angola is a voyage into a forgotten past where several stories intersect - that of Angolan-born filmmaker Dulce Fernandes and those of the Cubans who fought in the Angolan war. A journey through today's Cuba, the film uncovers the lost connect ...

In Honour of St. Gualter (2012)

Frei Gualter is sent by S. Francisco de Assis to Guimarães around 1213. The devotion to this franciscan friar started to rise and in 1577 the brotherhood of S. Gualter is created. The Gualterianas are celebrated since 1906, the new way of celebration in ...

Desta Água... (2010)

We only understand some behaviour when we duplicate them involuntarily. ...

Irmãos Catita: Very Sentimental Show (2005)

Live concert of the Irmãos Catita and friends at the Ritz Club, in 1996, Very Sentimental Show. Includes bonus concerts: Cinearte 1993, and Queima das fitas Coimbra 1994. The roots of the Catitas' spirit are buried deep down the origin of time. Spread lik ...

Tango Privado (2001)

Private Tango is the result of complicity between the interpreters and the camera. The movements initially choreographed adapt and reinvent themselves in an improvisation where the camera also becomes her interpreter. ...

Dawns (1999)

Documentary about "Madrugada" show: On the eve of 25th of April, 1999, took place at Praça do Comércio, in Lisbon, the performance of "Madrugada", a creation of the Theatre O Bando, commissioned by the Lisbon city council to commemorate the 25th Annivers ...