João Bénard da Costa Filmes

During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and...

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...

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

Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his...

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

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

Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.

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.

A story about art and educated men, and how their art and culture reveal themselves useless in the face of the harsh realities of the 20th century...

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.

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

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.