Manoel de Oliveira Movies

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

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

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

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

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

Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, according to a 16th century text.

Life and legacy of Agostinho da Silva. Traversing the biographical journey, the life and work of the Luso-Brazilian philosopher, this work has...

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

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...

Part of a series in which foreign filmmakers portray a region or town in France. Manoel de Oliveira looks at Nice.

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

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.

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

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

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

Manoel de Oliveira's homage to Vila do Conde, with a poem by José Régio. It was shot in 1965, but only completed in 2008.