Leonor Areal Movies

He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western spaghetti, esoteric allegory, supernatural, and...

This documentary shows a Brigade of medicine students that goes to a school to prevent AIDS. For 10 weeks, we follow their failures and achievements...

The autobiographical texts and letters by film director Manuel Guimarães, and exchanged by him with friends, are the axis for the intimate...

Lesbian couple Teresa and Lena made national news in Portugal when they applied to get married. Leonor Areal's camera follows them, one amid scores...

The starting point was a commonplace: «My life could be a movie». Following what each person believed to be subject for film, this...

For a decade, the unexpected theater group “Os Felizes da Fé” left its mark on the late 20 century’s art map. With its...

In her visual essay, Leonor Areal invites the viewer to look in detail at a centenary film and at the dozens of people who appear after a concert,...

Lisbon, Portugal, Europe, 2011. A slum is about to be demolished. On the verge of becoming homeless, dwellers organize to defend their right to...

A class of 9-year-old children is making an animated movie, whose chosen theme is the “War on Iraq”. Their protagonists are the same we...