Manoel de Oliveira Movies

Documentary by Manoel de Oliveira filmed in 1965 and exhibited in 2008 in the Venice Film Festival.

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

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...

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

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

A group of tourists arrives to the historical center of Guimarães. The camera goes up over the shoulder of Alfonso Henriques' statue. The...

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

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

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

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

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

The film exhibited the community and the beach, "how I new and it was shown to me" (Manoel de Oliveira) by the Meneres family, that had a house in...

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

A documentary following the process of sculpting in stone, from the creation to the final work of art.

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.

Short documentary about the town of Famalicão, in the North of Portugal.

The camera shows the vivid paintings by late Júlio Régio, with a narrative by his brother, while guitar tunes underline the mood and...

A tribute documentary to Manoel de Oliveira, on occasion of his 100th birthday.