João Matos Filmes

  • 2006
    Inhabited Painting

    Inhabited Painting

    Inhabited Painting

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    Documentary on the work of Helena Almeida, a plastic artist that, since the end of the 60s, has developed a body of work in which she explores the...

    Inhabited Painting
  • 2017
    The Nothing Factory

    The Nothing Factory

    The Nothing Factory

    5.9722017HD

    One night, a group of workers realises that the administration is stealing machines and raw materials from their own factory. As they organize to...

    The Nothing Factory
  • 2017
    Uproar, Eclipse

    Uproar, Eclipse

    Uproar, Eclipse

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    In Hindu mythology, RAHU is the severed head of a demon responsible for swallowing the sun and causing the eclipses. It is also Alex Zhang Hungtai,...

    Uproar, Eclipse
  • 2019
    Lisbon Beat

    Lisbon Beat

    Lisbon Beat

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    A journey through Lisbon’s suburbs through the lives of a handful of musicians establishing their place to exist in a city of complex identity...

    Lisbon Beat
  • 2020
    Perpetual Night

    Perpetual Night

    Perpetual Night

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    Castuera, Spain, April 1939. During the night two Falangist Guards appear at the door of the house where Paz is taking refuge with her family. They...

    Perpetual Night
  • 2015
    Trials, Exorcisms

    Trials, Exorcisms

    Trials, Exorcisms

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    In Alhambra, between the mountains and the river, a train runs through the village. Oscar, forty-eight years, has worked for the last twenty-fifth...

    Trials, Exorcisms
  • 2019
    Alva

    Alva

    Alva

    4.22019HD

    Henrique lives alone in the mountains in Portugal. Having his children been taken away by the social services, one day he searches for the...

    Alva
  • 2016
    Ascension

    Ascension

    Ascension

    02016HD

    At dawn, a group of peasants tries to rescue the body of a young man from the inside of a well. Women veil their faces in silence while men endure...

    Ascension
  • 2022
    Wolf and Dog

    Wolf and Dog

    Wolf and Dog

    5.3752022HD

    Ana was born in São Miguel, an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean ruled by religion and traditions. Growing up as the middle child of...

    Wolf and Dog
  • 2017
    High Cities of Bone

    High Cities of Bone

    High Cities of Bone

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    Karlon, born in Pedreira dos Húngaros (a slum in the outskirts of Lisbon) and a pioneer of Cape Verdean creole rap, runs away from the housing...

    High Cities of Bone
  • 2025
    Those Who Move

    Those Who Move

    Those Who Move

    02025HD

    A Lisbon night is traversed by the intensity of René, a precarious young Brazilian who has anchored in town, immersed in personal and...

    Those Who Move
  • 2011
    Atelier

    Atelier

    Atelier

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    The atelier of the painter Gonçalo Pena merges into his work. The space's occupation is divided between the solitary and silent moments...

    Atelier
  • 2021
    Amor Fati

    Amor Fati

    Amor Fati

    5.7862021HD

    Amor Fati seeks out parts that complete each other. These are portraits of couples, friends, families and pets and their owners. They share the...

    Amor Fati
  • 2025
    Tiger Bay

    Tiger Bay

    Tiger Bay

    02025HD

    The history and myth of a ghost island off the SW African coast are told through a dystopian parable, in which a character undergoes brainwashing to...

    Tiger Bay
  • 2024
    When the Land Runs Away

    When the Land Runs Away

    When the Land Runs Away

    02024HD

    Europe’s largest lithium mine is about to start operating in Trás-os-Montes, much to the dismay of the local inhabitants. Frederico Lopo...

    When the Land Runs Away
  • 2012
    La chambre jaune

    La chambre jaune

    La chambre jaune

    3.32012HD

    A director gathers all the pieces he needs to make his film: a set, an actor, a writer, a director of photography, a studio, a script, a director.

    La chambre jaune
  • 2016
    Ama-San

    Ama-San

    Ama-San

    6.7782016HD

    A dive, the midday sunlight filtering down through the water. The air in her lungs has to last until she can dislodge the abalone. Dives like these...

    Ama-San
  • 2015
    Kazova

    Kazova

    Kazova

    02015HD

    4 months after Gezi process the workers from Kazova occupied the factory.

    Kazova
  • 2005
    Estados da Matéria

    Estados da Matéria

    Estados da Matéria

    52005HD

    They thought life would be simple. All material problems would be overcome. Every morning it would be good to have breakfast together, the table...

    Estados da Matéria
  • 2014
    Vida Activa

    Vida Activa

    Vida Activa

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    New Opportunities were a portuguese education program with a focus on the academic certification of adults who left school early. Applicants will...

    Vida Activa