Frederico Lobo

The Flame of a Candle (2025)

Northern Portugal. An imposing residence with its garden and magnolia tree. As we know, home is a place that film, this outdoor art, has often used to depict less the joys of family life than a pernicious space. André Gil Mata has made it his stage, with ...

When the Land Runs Away (2024)

Europe's largest lithium mine is about to start operating in Trás-os-Montes, much to the dismay of the local inhabitants. Frederico Lopo induces an earthy sensuality and contrasts two geologies: that of mining prospection and machines, and that of roots ...

Campos Belos (2023)

The Damned Yard (2023)

In an ominous Lisbon courtyard where the last executioner of the kingdom once lived, an accident is waiting to happen. After a patient game of who's observing who, four characters will collide with dire consequences. Inspired by the novel The Damned Yard b ...

All the Days of Our Lives (2015)

From the bride's room to the dance floor, through the situations created by photographers, we follow three couples on their wedding day. People working in the industry invite us to imagine the choices that the preparation of this day implies, the course of ...

Industrial Revolution (2014)

The Ave Valley is, for more than a century, a territory seized by an imposing industry. Amongst ruins and operating factories, we descend the river on a journey alongside the banks of the present, unveiling the marks of the past. ...

Avesso (2011)

Two suits keep pushing each other with a rope that ties them together. ...

The Door of Ceuta (2008)

Coming from every parts of Africa, runs a river of men and women prepared to cross entire continents, pursuing a life that is denied to those that live in the periphery. ...

Beard (2011)

Caught in time, a trio of prehistoric characters lives around a dolmen. One of them, who is hyperactive, tries to stir his mates emotions with inventions and works of art. A strange object made out of bone, which re frames reality, will trigger greed and e ...