Armanda Carvalho Movie Trailers

Ainda Não Acabámos: Como Se Fosse Uma Carta Trailer (2016)

08 February 2016

A walk for half a century, yes, a letter perhaps. Travels in my life, I could call it, which I like Garrett so much.

Carnival: Looking for Paulo 'Miller' Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

A 2008 short made in accompaniment with Our Beloved Month of August, documenting Gomes's and his crew's hapless search, during 2007's carnival, for one of Arganil's most storied and elusive characters (who does, in fact, ultimately appear as an interviewee/player in the finished film).

Ruins Trailer (2009)

01 April 2009

Fragments of spaces, buildings and structures, memories and remains of past eras, places of work or leisure now inhabited by our memories alone, or really forgotten.

Through Shadows Trailer (2010)

01 March 2010

'One day I realized it no longer made sense to make things to hang on walls'... Lourdes Castro became known as the artist 'who took care of shadows'.

48 Trailer (2010)

01 December 2010

Based on photographs taken on the arrest of political prisoners during the Portuguese dictatorship (1926-1974), this documentary aims to convey the mechanisms by which a dictatorial regime sought to sustain its existence throughout 48 years.

Alentejo, Alentejo Trailer (2014)

24 April 2014

Following international recognition of Fado, Portugal recently submitted to UNESCO the polyphonic songs of the Alentejo, known as Cante Alentejano, or just Cante, as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

António Sena - A Mão Esquiva Trailer (2009)

18 November 2009

Documentary about the work of the painter António Sena and a way to see the transformation of formse

A Gravura: Esta Mútua Aprendizagem Trailer (2008)

29 October 2008

A documentary about Gravura, the Portuguese cooperative founded in Lisbon in 1956.

Perimeter Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Insomnia drains the soul, only the body remains. Gustavo decides to get rid of the body.

Swagatam Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

Lisbon has the second largest community of Hindus in Europe. This film portrays this community, focusing on a family originally from Diu, who then emigrated to Mozambique and then, in 1976, to Lisbon.

José Cardoso Pires - Diário de Bordo Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

A documentary about the life and work of José Cardoso Pires. The information was gathered through a series of interviews made by the journalist Clara Ferreira Alves during autumn and winter of 1997 and also by people who were close to him.

Ângelo de Sousa - Tudo o Que Sou Capaz Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Documentary about the painter Ângelo de Sousa

The Hissing of Summer Sands Trailer (2019)

08 April 2019

“The whistle man” was a typical character of the portuguese sea-side during the Fascist Portugal. His story has so many versions that he has become a myth: A poor crazy man who lost his baby girl, a professional homeless who lived from the charity of rich families, a pedofile or a summer father Christmas. His whistle announced his arrival and attracted boys and girls or made them run away. Last year I found 30 seconds of footage of this man which until then was just a memory. Is he more real now?

A África de José de Guimarães Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

José de Guimarães's artistic life changed when he went to Africa in 1967 on military service. A revisit to his past.

Obscure Light Trailer (2017)

21 April 2017

Mingling identity photos taken by the Portuguese political police during the Salazar dictatorship and testimonies from the children of an assassinated communist activist, Luz Obscura invents a form that recreates as faithfully as possible the feeling of a family's broken identity.

Nikias Skapinakis: O Teatro Dos Outros Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Documentary about the work of the painter Nikias Skapinakis from the exhibition “Imaginary Bedrooms” which in June 2006 opened at the Museum Arpad Scenes-Vieira da Silva.

Margot Trailer (2022)

12 October 2022

Between 1958 and 1961, Margot Dias participated in four ethnographic missions to the northern end of Mozambique.

The Policewoman Trailer (2003)

05 May 2003

A young woman and her son runaway from their hometown to escape civil war. Nothing is left from the world they knew and the only thing they have is each other.

Sofia Areal: An Anti-Pain Office Trailer (2016)

28 November 2016

The painter Sofia Areal is a singular case in the portuguese arts. Her paintings are expansive, open, solar, vital and affirmative.

A Dama de Chandor Trailer (1999)

01 February 1999

A documentary about a woman from the town of Chandor, Goa. The documentary is a running commentary of her current life in Chandor, as she reminises over her Portuguese-Indian past.

Astrakan 79 Trailer (2024)

20 September 2024

1979. Flicking through pictures from a Soviet magazine, 15-year-old Martim dreams of building a new society.

Codename: Angola Trailer (2015)

05 December 2015

In 1961 the liberation struggles start in Angola against the portuguese colonial power. The African students in Portugal fear for their safety and plan to flee outside the country.