Manoel de Oliveira Movies

Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.

An artistic and poetic documentary about the meaning of the Portuguese flag.

Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of industrialization in Portugal.

A satirical short film about technology.

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

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

The characters from a historical piece of art come to life to discuss poignant themes such as war and world peace.

Each day, Man must work around the clock to produce and acquire bread: throwing the seeds into earth, helping the breeding of the corn, the corn's...

Every year the Viennale invites a famous director to produce a short film as the festival trailer. In 2014 the choice has fallen on the 105-year old...

From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince...

Film about Calouste Gulbenkian, produced for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Reel 11 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

A silent film depicting a meeting between Nikita Khrushchev and Pope John XXIII is screened.

Documentary deciphers the films and sheds light on the figure of a creator both serious and facetious, haunted by the history of his country and...

A series of images documenting the floods of the river Tagus. This film has been recovered and made available by the Cinemateca Portuguesa.

A conversation between the filmmaker Manoel de Olivieira and the writer Agustina Bessa-Luís.

The painter António Cruz wanders around the city of Porto painting what he sees: old and modern buildings, people arriving and leaving work in...

Reflecting the filmmaker's passion for automobiles, who in his youth participated in car races, the film portrays the attempt to manufacture a new...

A look at various statues in the city of Lisbon. This film is incomplete and was distributed against the will of the director.