Paulo Abreu

Ubu (2023)

Ubu, instigated by his wife, murders King Venceslau and usurps the throne of Poland. Intoxicated by power, this grotesque and coward character conducts his reign in an absurd and cruel way, leading his kingdom to ruin. A cinematographic adaptation of Alfre ...

What Is Not Seen (2020)

Shot in two of the Azores islands, Pico and Faial, between 2015 and 2016. The idea of this film happened by accident. Going back to the footage of a location scouting from a previous project, canceled years before, another hidden film was found. The power ...

Alis Ubbo (2020)

After the crisis came tourism and Lisbon's transformation. Alis Ubbo (Phoenician for safe port) follows the change in the urban landscape of the city in the last 2 years. ...

I don't belong here (2017)

I Don't Belong Here" follows the creative process of the play, with the same name, conceived from the personal experiences of the performers themselves, who were deported unexpectedly to Azores from the United States and Canada. ...

Phil Mendrix (2015)

Documentary about the legendary Portuguese guitar god Filipe "Phil Mendrix" Mendes. ...

Cliff (2015)

Europe 2015, A woman roams through a wasteland. ...

Over El Cielo (2015)

Your past already is the projection of your future. However, it was never more than a light in the sky. ...

Labirinto (2014)

Director Júlio Bessa, who suffers from "stage fright" will make an introduction to his latest film at Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro in Santa Maria da Feira. ...

Hommage To Those That Have No Place To Lay Dead (2014)

The story of an ambulant sharpener who crosses spaces in a (almost) lifeless country. ...

8816 Versos (2013)

Varadouro (2013)

The natural swimming pool of Varadouro in Faial, Azores. ...

A Herdade dos Defuntos (2013)

A dehydrated man trespasses an estate and ends up by losing his freedom. ...

The Gravedigger (2012)

Inspired by popular cult, O COVEIRO is part light part darkness, a bedtime story and almost a nightmare. A child is born and his parents die of fright just to see him. André Gil Mata revisits the traditional Portuguese tale, in a fantastic movie where hea ...

Asleep (2012)

Asleep is an experimental and poetic documentary, shot in Super 8, about the Capelinhos volcano in the Azorean island of Faia. Also included is some footage of the successive eruptions during 1957 and 1958. ...

Asleep (2012)

"Asleep" is an experimental documentary , shot in Super 8, about the Capelinhos volcano in the Azorean island of Faial . ...

The Scoundrel (2012)

The story of a vigilante friar, zealous caretaker of goodness and order who, after suffering unrequited love for an engaged woman, becomes a terrifying villain in a quiet town. ...

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 ...

Cinerama (2010)

Humberto hanged himself. Catarina, Paulo and Victor want the company where Humberto used to work for to take responsibility in his death, leading them to kidnappe the company's director in an act of despair. Who is Humberto? What company is that? In which ...

For Plus- X (2010)

Memories of youth. Homage to the super 8 film Plus X, that was extinct by Kodak in 2010. ...

Crime Abyss Blue Physical Remorse (2009)

Crime Blue Abyss Physical Remorse is inspired by the life and works of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. This controversial 20th century painter defied the world avant-garde of his time: "I don't follow schools. I am an impressionist, cubist, futurist, abstractioni ...

Blind Runner – An Artist under Surveillance (2007)

In this film an artist is under 24-hour surveillance. Through a continuous circulation of images and sounds, the spectator becomes an accomplice and witness to all his movements. During this process we ask ourselves not only why we are following the artist ...

Tebas (2007)

Free adaptation of Sophocles classic tragedy "King Oedipus" crossed with Jack Kerouac's classic "On the Road". The starting point is the loss of identity of a generation of Portuguese emigrants. Tebas tells the story of a young man who, looking for his ori ...

Heavy Architecture (2007)

Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad. ...

Not Dallas (2007)

Ironic report of the works in the city of Lisbon. ...

Friendly Fire (2007)

Two children play a deadly game of Gunslingers. ...

Sniper #1 (2006)

A Portuguese sniper receives orders from his captain. ...

Masquerade (2006)

Experimental super8 film for the Legendary Tiger Man live shows. A strange man lives in a strange garden. ...

Light Travel (2005)

Landscapes of Portugal and the travel of the light. ...

Pocket War (2005)

War movie made by one adult and two children with the help of a BB Gun. ...

Small Talk (2005)

Two workers hung in a crane talking about love. Shot by chance from a roof. ...

Vanity (2004)

Vanitas is the new feature film by veteran Portuguese director Paulo Rocha. With a script by Regina Guimarães, the film brings together actresses Isabel Ruth and Joana Bárcia – no strangers to this director's world – in a story about a depressed fash ...

Castle (2004)

The Castle of Santa Maria da Feira speaks to the mortals. ...

Querença (2004)

In mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in Angola. In the meantime, she had committed herself to discovering and interviewing the poet Júlio Vera. In 1988, he wrote a series of poems in which he mysteriou ...

Count Ferreira (2003)

In a mental institution a man flies forever. Shot in the psychiatric hospital "Conde Ferreira" in Porto. ...

Airway to Steven (2002)

Looking for God. ...

Cows (2001)

Cows in frenzy ...

Red River (1999)

Rio Vermelho (Red River) is a short film about a pregnant woman which has a strong connection to the river. ...

The Keeper of Herds (1999)

A documentary about a family of goat herders in Portugal and the relationship between man and animals. ...

Mário Eloy - A Runaway Painter (1998)

Documentary about the life and work of Mário Eloy, one of the greatest painters of the second generation of modernism in Portugal. ...

What Is Not Seen (2020)

Shot in two of the Azores islands, Pico and Faial, between 2015 and 2016. The idea of this film happened by accident. Going back to the footage of a location scouting from a previous project, canceled years before, another hidden film was found. The power ...

Dia de Preto (2012)