Manoel de Oliveira Movies

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

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....

Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette.

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.

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

A satirical short film about technology.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

A look at the life in the small village Vilaverdinho, in the North of Portugal. Oliveira made this film as a present for a friend. It has only been...

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

Seventeen experts on history and arts deliver brief lessons on their favorite subjects, considered the most relevant to cover nine hundred years of...