Picture a land of boulder-strewn shorelines, isolated mountaintops, and golden prairies. Here, packs of wolves stalk herds of ancient mustangs and tree-climbing carnivores keep entire forests on edge. Meanwhile, high above the crashing surf, a pair of storks attempts to raise a family on a narrow ledge atop a towering cliff. EUROPE'S WILD WEST is a place where survival is reserved for those with the keenest senses... and the quickest draw.
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29 Oct 2016
He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western spaghetti, esoteric allegory, supernatural, and science-fiction. Without state subsidies, he would quit filmmaking in the 1990s. Who remembers António de Macedo?
A love letter from an American soul to the city of Lisbon.
22 Jun 2009
Born in Portugal, Paula Rego is one of Britain's leading artists. This intimate film follows the artist from her retrospective in Madrid to the privacy of her studio in London while she talks with humor and candor about her compulsion to produce works that, though accessible, deal with the most private themes.
A story with almost 100 years told by the 95 years old woman Floripes.
On a Summer afternoon, Pedro packs the last few boxes before having to leave his apartment in New York. 12 years ago, Pedro and Ana had arrived in America from Portugal, in search of a dream. Now, Ana's voice describes, from the other side of the ocean, that same country to which they are returning. As the rooms are emptied, Pedro bids farewell to one life, welcoming another. But the dream that brought him will remain forever in the city that never sleeps, awaiting his return.
01 Jan 2006
A hundred letters written by Portuguese women during the Salazar dictatorship were found by chance in a second-hand bookshop. By confronting today the women who wrote these letters with the ghosts of the past, and revealing important archive material, Letters to a Dictatorship takes us on an in-depth journey through the obscurantism that dominated Portugal for more than 50 years.
07 Dec 2015
Documentary on the 25 years of the extinct Portuguese Punk Rock band Censurados.
12 Oct 1956
A showcase of bullfighting in Portugal, explaining how the country's version of the sport differs from those in Spain and Latin America and helps define the national character. After showing the training techniques for the bulls and horses, a bullfight is presented.
29 May 2024
An intimate glimpse into 3 years of serene moments, compiling video, polaroids and other things that were lying around when editing.
17 Mar 1961
Documentary short film on the city of Évora, Portugal. Usually regarded as the first film of the Portuguese New Wave.
01 Mar 2023
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08 Feb 2014
St. Joseph Fort: Principality of Pontinha, the diamond that illuminates the Atlantic Pearl.
31 Oct 2017
Portuguese documentary regarding the early punk scene in Portugal.
01 Jan 2007
Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad.
12 Aug 2014
A behind-the-scenes look at "Viagens", one of the greatest portuguese records of the 1990s, in the year of its 20th anniversary.
23 Oct 2010
A group of soldiers are sentenced for the murders of key political figures in the night of October 19th, 1921, in the streets of Lisbon. But the names of the conspirators remain unknown. Berta Maia, a widow of the 1910 revolution hero Carlos da Maia, will fight for the truth…
13 Nov 2023
After the adoption of a very unusual pet by this girls mom, she will have to come to terms with living with a seagull named Espanhola.
08 Sep 2017
Retrospective about the incidents at Fátima in Portugal.
01 Jun 1994
Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women. But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Pierre Ducos.
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