João Matos Movies

A director gathers all the pieces he needs to make his film: a set, an actor, a writer, a director of photography, a studio, a script, a director.

Castuera, Spain, April 1939. During the night two Falangist Guards appear at the door of the house where Paz is taking refuge with her family. They...

At dawn, a group of peasants tries to rescue the body of a young man from the inside of a well. Women veil their faces in silence while men endure...

Two lovers hit the road for a holiday. They find a car that has been hit, and a dead woman by the accident. Two production assistants try to leave...

(within the project URB) CIDADE is a TV series that takes place in the diverse, urbanistically chaotic and multicultural periphery of Lisbon. Each...

The National Ballet of Portugal is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Since its foundation, it has aimed to present the great classics, as well as to...

Mother and son move into a new house, a new city, a new story.

Beside the savage desire to realize the enormities which he brooded on, nothing was sacred.

They thought life would be simple. All material problems would be overcome. Every morning it would be good to have breakfast together, the table...

Documentary on the work of Helena Almeida, a plastic artist that, since the end of the 60s, has developed a body of work in which she explores the...

A nurse takes care of a patient in her house. Maria do Céu has been a nurse for more than forty years, working at an old Hospital in Lisbon....

A dark comedy about a family of five brothers, a single and unemployed mother, and a grandmother. They live tight in a small apartment in Benfica....

A film about a show and the issues the players face during their collective artistic work. Will we ever be able to leave our cocoons towards a...

Paris, March 1939. While the march of the Nazi troops makes itself heard throughout Europe, exiled artists and intellectuals from all over the world...

Documentary about the work of the painter António Sena and a way to see the transformation of forms over time

Maria starts to show signs of wanting to belong somewhere else: scales appear on her skin, roots appear on her legs, and she hears the sound of water...

New Opportunities were a portuguese education program with a focus on the academic certification of adults who left school early. Applicants will...

From the bride's room to the dance floor, through the situations created by photographers, we follow three couples on their wedding day. People...