Catarina Alves Costa

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Catarina Alves Costa is a Portuguese documentary filmmaker and anthropologist. In 2000, she co-founded with Catarina Mourão the production company, Laranja Azul.

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Total trailers found: 19

The King's Trial Trailer (1990)

19 January 1990

At the time Portugal presented a strange spectacle to the rest of Europe. D. Afonso VI, son of the fortunate D.

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'.

More Soul Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Documentary about the artistic creation in Cape Verde, with the director following, during the preparation of one of the editions of the Mindelact festival, the rehearsals and backstage of the artists.

We Talk About António Campos Trailer (2009)

13 February 2009

A portrait of António Campos, an extraordinary cineaste that was called an amateur, one of the most unique Portuguese directors due to the way he filmed the country on the 1960 and 1970’s.

Viagem aos Makonde Trailer (2019)

01 October 2019

A documentary about Margot Dias (Germany, 1908 - Portugal, 2001), an ethnologist who shot between 1958-61 among the Makonde tribe, at Mueda, Mozambique.

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.

Regresso à Terra Trailer (1992)

01 December 1992

Um Ramadão em Lisboa Trailer (2019)

13 May 2019

Pedra e Cal Trailer (2016)

14 March 2016

A film about rural houses in the interior of the Algarve, showing the relationship between the present and memories evoked in the intimacy of the home.

Restless Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Houses to sell…houses to live in…houses to fill and die in… Mr. António Carlos works in a real estates agency, he is pressurized daily by his superiors to close contracts and bring profit to the company.

A Seda é um Mistério Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

A film about the process of artisanal making of silk. In the beginning of the filme Teresa Frade, the main character, tries to find the leaves for the newborn silkworms.

Margot Trailer (2022)

12 October 2022

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

Senhora Aparecida Trailer (1994)

30 March 1994

In Aparecida, 50 Km from o’Porto, the atmosphere surrounding this years preparation of the yearly festivities is tense: the new priest aims to discouraje the "Promise payers" from doing it having themselves carried in open coffins through the village untill th chappel of the Appeared Lady.

Orlando Pantera Trailer (2025)

04 December 2025

Orlando Pantera (1967-2001) was a gifted Cape Verdean musician who died at 33 before releasing his solo album.

A True and Faithful Account Trailer (1989)

22 June 1989

The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure interests between rural aristocratic families in the North.

Le voyage étranger Trailer (1992)

28 October 1992

11th century. Descended from the aristocracy, Alexis flees a world dominated by money and strength. The young man, in love with justice and freedom, sets off on the roads to discover the world, abandoning his wife and family.

O Arquitecto e a Cidade Velha Trailer (2004)

29 October 2004

A documentary about Álvaro Siza Vieira in Cape Verde and his project to restore the old town of Ribeira Grande, the first city to be built by the Portuguese in Cape Verde on the island of Santiago in 1462.

Houses For The People Trailer (2014)

25 April 2014

The film tells the story of SAAL, Local Ambulatory Support Service (1974 - 1976), a movement launched after a revolution by a group of architects who responded to the struggle on the street by the poor residents who in the hot summer of 1974 shouted "Housing Yes! Tents ni! ".

Rituais de Inverno com Máscaras Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001