João Pedro Rodrigues

Tempo (2023)

From the music of Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared, Portuguese filmmaker João Pedro Rodrigues crafts a story reminiscent of David Lynch's Blue Velvet, showcasing an idyllic day in a Portuguese city that ends with a young man's awakening limned in darkness ...

Will-o'-the-Wisp (2022)

On his deathbed, His Majesty Alfredo, King without a crown, is taken back to distant youth memories from the time when he dreamt of becoming a fireman. His encounter with instructor Afonso from the fire brigade, opens a new chapter in the life of the two y ...

Where Is This Street? or With No Before or After (2022)

From our window one can see a set of the film The Green Years, directed by Paulo Rocha in 1963. This was our starting point: guided by Rocha's gaze, we look back at the places of that film. The successive geological, urbanistic and social strata of Lisbon, ...

A Room in Town (2021)

A game of references and a tribute to director Jacques Demy. It's also an opportunity for the two directors to recall Demy's A Room in Town (the film's namesake) and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and the importance these movies had for them. ...

Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 (2020)

From 7 to 25 April, 18 days of confinement during which a male blackbird takes care and guarantees the safety of its young, until they release the nest. ...

Nude Descending a Staircase (2020)

Nude Descending a Staircase ...

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)

Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company's indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on i ...

Potemkin Steps (2019)

A visit to the Potemkin Steps in Odesa, Ukraine. ...

Where Do You Stand Now, João Pedro Rodrigues? (2016)

João Pedro Rodrigues answers the question from the title with an autobiographical short-film. ...

The Ornithologist (2016)

Stranded along a sublime river fjord in northern Portugal, an ornithologist is subjected to a series of brutal and erotic Stations-of-the-Cross-style tests. ...

IEC Long (2015)

The word panchão was first heard in Macao. From the Chinese pan-tcheong or pau-tcheong, dictionaries define it as a Macanese regionalism also known as China cracker. Who inhabits the ancient IEC Long firecracker factory? ...

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema. ...

Mahjong (2013)

Varziela, Vila do Conde, the biggest Chinatown in Portugal. A man wearing a hat and a missing woman. A high-heeled shoe, a blond wig and a Chinese dress. The confrontation between the East Wind and the Red Dragon; the cardinal points switched as in an ulti ...

The Last Time I Saw Macao (2013)

A filmmaker returns to Macao, China, to help a friend who is in trouble. ...

Allegory of Prudence (2013)

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded". A homage to Paulo Rocha and Kenji Mizoguchi, filming the director's two tombs, one in Tokyo and the other in Quioto. ...

The King's Body (2012)

How would it look like, the body of Dom Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal, tutelary figure, subject to successive mythifications throughout Portuguese history? ...

Morning of Saint Anthony's Day (2012)

Tradition says that on 13 June, Saint Anthony's Day (the national holiday of Lisbon's patron), lovers must offer small vases of basil with paper carnations and flags with popular poems as a token of their love. ...

As the Flames Rose (2012)

On the phone in his dark bedroom, a man relives the end of a turbulent affair, while across town, the city burns. ...

Red Dawn (2011)

The Red Market in Macao. The red tonalities of blood, flesh, buckets and even of the fish's eyes, carry the audience into a strange and scary universe but also beautiful and intriguing. Rodrigues and Guerra da Mata's camera emerges like a driving force giv ...

To Die Like a Man (2009)

A transgender woman attempts to rehabilitate her younger, drug-addicted boyfriend while also dealing with her ne'er-do-well son, a soldier who's gone AWOL. ...

Camouflage Self-Portrait (2008)

China, China (2007)

China walks towards the Lisbon district of Martim Moniz. In its wake, the children shout: China! China! China will leave at dawn, will fly away. Just wants to be happy. But drinking her own poison without leaving a drop. Sometimes the air is laden with ini ...

Two Drifters (2005)

After breaking up with her boyfriend, a woman named Odete descends into madness and claims to be pregnant with the child of her neighbour Pedro, who died in a car crash and is mourned by his boyfriend Rui. ...

O Fantasma (2000)

Sergio is a brooding, alienated man who works as a trash collector in Lisbon by day and roams the city streets by night seeking rough, anonymous sex with men. One night he meets a man who seems to be the embodiment of his tormented fantasies, and he become ...

Journey to Expo (1999)

When filming "Esta é a Minha Casa", the Fundos confessed to the director their desire to come to Lisbon. The Portuguese capital was then frequently featured in the French social media, due to a campaign of promotion of EXPO. A year later, during the summe ...

This Is My Home (1997)

João Pedro Rodrigues films the holiday journey of an emigrant family from Paris to their homeland in Trás-os-Montes. Footage from the couple's daily life in Paris - he is a cobbler and she is a janitor - combined with records from their car journey throu ...

Happy Birthday! (1997)

Chico wakes up on his 30th birthday to the sound of his girlfriend singing "Happy Birthday" to him on his answering machine. When João wakes up in bed next to him, he realizes that this is not his typical birthday. ...

Haircut (1996)

The film is set in Lisbon, and tells the story of a day in the life of Rita and Paulo, a Portuguese young couple of the 90's. The fast changing city around them makes them wish to break with all traditions and live the day the get married (only civil marri ...

Far Away from Here (1994)

Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal's Alentejo region to a new owner. Film's overly protracted opening has car's drivers (Filipe Cochofel, Antonio Pedro Figueiredo) joy riding the night away until th ...

See You Tomorrow, Mário (1994)

Mário, eight years old, a kid who begs in the tourist paradise of Madeira island. One day in his life, from morning to evening. ...

The Shepherd (1988)

João Pedro Rodrigues' gradutation short film. ...

Where Is This Street? or With No Before or After (2022)

From our window one can see a set of the film The Green Years, directed by Paulo Rocha in 1963. This was our starting point: guided by Rocha's gaze, we look back at the places of that film. The successive geological, urbanistic and social strata of Lisbon, ...

Where Do You Stand Now, João Pedro Rodrigues? (2016)

João Pedro Rodrigues answers the question from the title with an autobiographical short-film. ...

The Ornithologist (2016)

Stranded along a sublime river fjord in northern Portugal, an ornithologist is subjected to a series of brutal and erotic Stations-of-the-Cross-style tests. ...

Here in Lisbon (2015)

Welcome to Lisbon: there are mermaids by the Tagus and birds flying over the old city; there are mad scientists and singing fish; lost tourist guides and lost tourists; fado and sad guitars. What a weird city you may think - but no. Lisbon is about being d ...

L'oiseau de la nuit (2015)

Mysterious portrait of Fernando, aka Deborah Krystal, the glittering and poetic performer of the Lisbon club Finalmente, where he has been performing every night over thirty years in golden dresses. Under the layers of his colorful fabrics, the many skins ...

Mahjong (2013)

Varziela, Vila do Conde, the biggest Chinatown in Portugal. A man wearing a hat and a missing woman. A high-heeled shoe, a blond wig and a Chinese dress. The confrontation between the East Wind and the Red Dragon; the cardinal points switched as in an ulti ...

The Last Time I Saw Macao (2013)

A filmmaker returns to Macao, China, to help a friend who is in trouble. ...

As the Flames Rose (2012)

On the phone in his dark bedroom, a man relives the end of a turbulent affair, while across town, the city burns. ...

A Portuguese Film (2011)

A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors. ...

The Day When Raïner's Son Drowned (2011)

Night falls slowly… The inhabitants of the village have found the body of Rainer's youngest son, drowned in a river. In front of the family home, through a window, the villagers observe Rainer and the rest of the family seated peacefully in the parlor. W ...

Camouflage Self-Portrait (2008)