Francisco Vidinha

Balas & Bolinhos: Só Mais Uma Coisa (2024)

The final chapter of the Balas & Bolinhos saga. ...

1618 (2023)

The Inquisition continues the persecution of Portuguese Jews, sending Visitador Sebastião Noronha to the city of Oporto. With his family and community in danger, António Álvares, decides to outline an escape plan. ...

A Luz de Judá (2020)

"1618" is a film about the inquisitorial visit to Porto that encountered resistance from priests, ordinary citizens and the city authorities themselves, all accustomed for centuries to living alongside the Jews. ...

The Nun's Kaddish (2019)

The Nun's Kaddish is a short film that portrays a true story of inter-religious kindness when a Nun observes a Jewish ritual, raising the spirituality of the two faiths towards a higher ... ...

Sefarad (2019)

In 1496, King D. Manuel prohibited Judaism. 400 years later, Barros Basto, a Portuguese army captain converted to Judaism, and about twenty Jewish merchants founded the Jewish Community of Oporto, in the north of Portugal. ...

Marias da Sé (2018)

A typical day in Porto's Cathedral, between tourists and the local community. A peculiar group of women grabs our attention... ...

Bad Investigate (2018)

Romeu, a corrupt cop, hires the services of Cid and Alex, to catch a notorious criminal, who left Mexico and is on his way to Galicia, Spain to find the killer of his brother, also trying to catch the same criminal is an FBI agent. ...

Landing (2016)

God Will Provide (2015)

A Parede (2015)

In a society where the weak are oppressed, Sofia and Michael share their life stories through a wall ...

Prescription (2012)

Freezing Night in Castelo Branco (2011)

Sofia and Marco, a young couple, is visiting Castelo Branco at night. They start a conversation with an homeless who-s playing guitar on the street. While the conversation takes place Sofia starts suspecting that he is the father she never knew... ...

Desta Água... (2010)

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

Estranhas Histórias (2010)

Quando Eu Morrer (2006)

A widow, a corpse, an undertaker, a young woman in a family way. Life and death meet in a funeral procession down a stairwell. ...

Union Street (1990)

Short animation by Wendy Chandler. ...