João Bénard da Costa Filmes

12-year-old Miguel is punished because he has not done his homework properly: he must stay at his aunt's inn for holidays. First bored, then a...

This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel...

The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema. Lisbon after the...

Paulo Rocha catches up with his “beloved subject” in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1929, and where today Oliveira...

An impossible love. Two young people who love each other. Vera and João can’t find in this life the space, time, or identity to resolve...

A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cinema.

Joáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film...

A blind beggar is robbed of his chest of money. The theft leads to a dramatic situation in the street where he begs every day.

A world of strong colours between documentary and fiction, centered on the life and work of modernist painter Amadeo de Souza Cardoso.

Joaquim is a romantic supermarket employee. He has only one friend Gaspar, who speaks almost only for cinematic quotes. At leisure, go around town...

This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Set...

The way in which we cross, one time only, the space of a public swimming pool reminds us of life, from birth until the end.

Through a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an interaction between the construction of...

Director Manuel Mozos draws an intimate portrait of João Bénard da Costa, programmer, critic, actor and, for 18 years, director of the...

A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.