Edgar Pêra

Most Popular Edgar Pêra Trailers

Total trailers found: 51

In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo Trailer (2016)

29 October 2016

He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western spaghetti, esoteric allegory, supernatural, and science-fiction.

A Caverna Trailer (2015)

01 January 2015

A bunch of spectators trapped in a cinema theatre.

Kinorama: Beyond the Walls of the Real Trailer (2019)

28 January 2019

In 2016, Edgar Pêra released The Amazing Spectator, a playful investigation into cinema’s disquieting essence that had everything from negative film images of boobs and positively splendid interviews to a donkey hand puppet.

SWK4 Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

A portrayal of Futurist artist José de Almada Negreiros, who said: "I wanted others to say of me: 'Look, a man!' The same way they say: 'Look, a dog!' when a dog passes by; or how you say: 'Look, a tree!', when there is a tree.

A Day in the Musician Life Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

Film made with Lisbon Theatre & Cinema students of 1995

The Portrait Trailer (2015)

01 January 2015

Abel Salazar, a scientist and an artist persecuted by the Fascist regime in the 40ies, is trying to finish a portrait, obsessed by the face of a woman.

Fitas Cirúrgykas Trailer (2021)

23 August 2021

It is with images of Domingos de Oliveira Santos, a surgeon turned filmmaker, that Edgar Pêra composes a mosaic that goes beyond home videos, rushing beyond them.

The Baron Trailer (2011)

19 October 2011

A school inspector travels to the baron’s fiefdom to write a report on a heathen teacher. Having arrived, he is invited to stay with the baron, who makes predictions about women, horses and politics while the mysterious Idalina serves food and drink.

Manual of Evasion LX94 Trailer (1994)

16 September 1994

“Manual of Evasion LX94” is a thought-provoking Dadaist film about time by the Portuguese director Edgar Pêra.

És a Nossa Fé Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Short documentary about football (soccer) supporters in Portugal

Lisbon Revisited Trailer (2014)

14 August 2014

A dreamlike journey seen through the eyes of a trans-human as well as a kino-symphony of voices from the multiple personas of Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon Revisited shows alternative ways of looking at and hearing the city.

CineSapiens Trailer (2013)

01 February 2013

Who Is the Master Who Makes the Grass Green? Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

Edmund Husserl observed: "All perception is a gamble", which Robert Anton Wilson expands upon when he suggests that "[others] just have a different reality tunnel, and every reality tunnel might tell us something interesting about our world, if we are willing to listen.

Impending Doom Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Death is the great equalizer, if only due to the rites celebrated by the living. And thus, after their earthly existences ended, Ioannes Paulus PP.

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista Trailer (1994)

31 December 1994

The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema.

Ornament and Crime Trailer (2015)

30 October 2015

I am the double of the shadow of my own image. An allegory that occupies my place. This is my act of contrition.

War or Peace? Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

What happens when the testimonies of maimed Colonial War veterans meet the visual universe of Marvel comics?

One Way or Another, Reflections of a Psycho Killer Trailer (2012)

18 April 2012

One Way Or Another (Reflections of a Psycho Killer) is a film about an urban misanthrope, wandering in the city of Busan, looking for his victims, in the midst of a faceless crowd.

As desventuras du homem-kâmara – Epizohdyus 111, 113 & 115 Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

Animated experimental short-film by Edgar Pêra with Akademya Luzoh-Galaktika students. A cinematic homage to Max Ernst, Dziga Vertov, Jan Lenica, Terry Gilliam & Aurélio Paz dos Reis.

Oito por Oito Trailer (2001)

10 November 2001

Rio Turvo Trailer (2007)

28 November 2007

A bizarre and tragic ballad of an impossible love between a nameless topographer and Leonor in a swamp soon to be destroyed by the forces of Man.

Matadouro Trailer (1992)

30 May 1992

A movie by Edgar Pêra.

Kiss Me Trailer (2004)

04 November 2004

This movie bring us a story about a woman named Laura (Marisa Cruz) that lives in a small portuguese town during the 50's.

The Nothingness Club Trailer (2023)

21 April 2023

Pessoa famously published under many heteronyms: around 75 different names, each with fully fleshed-out backgrounds, styles, appearances and philosophies.

The Amazed Spectator Trailer (2016)

29 January 2016

A kino-investigation about spectatorship, a continuous conversation between different kinds of spectators: which one is more cinema: Citizen Kane on a mobile phone or a football game projected in a cinema theatre?

Punk Is Not Daddy Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

A journey through the 80’s music scene in Portugal, gathering archive material shot and edited by Pêra, showing the filming process of music videos, concerts, band rehearsals and the last concert presented at the Rock Rendez Vous.

CINEKOMIX!!! Tommi Musturi Trailer (2022)

06 October 2022

Tommi Musturi is one of today’s most complex comic book authors. Much like a chameleon, this artist employs different illustration styles to create comics without ever losing his creative identity.

O trabalho liberta? Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Since the Nazis infamously used Manchester Liberalism-apologist Heinrich Beta’s dictum Labour Liberates at the gates of several concentration and extermination camps, work has lost all positive values and connotations.

O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta Trailer (2018)

05 May 2018

A poetic film that celebrates the work of Alberto Pimenta, fruit of a friendship and complicity maintained during the last 24 years.

Arquivos Kino-Pop Trailer (2019)

14 May 2019

Cine-diaries about rock bands and personalities from the eighties from the archives of Edgar Pêra.

Lisboa-Boa 345 A.E. Trailer (2000)

23 October 2000

On All Saint’s Day 1755, around 09:40 hours, Lisbon was hit by an earthquake which eradicated almost the entire city.

CINEKOMIX!!! José Carlos Fernandes Trailer (2022)

06 October 2022

José Carlos Fernandes is one of the most original Portuguese comic book authors. He has published more than 30 books, particularly the award-wining series A Pior Banda do Mundo.

Portuguese Sea Trailer (2018)

01 January 2018

"Oh salty sea, how much of your salt / Are tears of Portugal! / To get across you, how many mothers cried, / How many sons prayed in vain! // How many brides were never to marry / In order to make you ours, oh sea! / Was it worth it? Everything is worthy / If the soul is not small.

CINEKOMIX!!! Neil Gaiman Trailer (2022)

06 October 2022

Edgar Pêra interviews writer and comic book author Neil Gaiman at BD Forum Lisbon in 2003. A conversation about Gaiman’s work, which combines elements of terror with phantasy and political remarks on contemporary world, blending narrative genres.

Heavy Architecture Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad.

Stadium (Phantas-Mix) Trailer (2005)

01 December 2005

Braga’s Estádio Municipal was erected for the EURO 2004 championships. So can it be a surprise that the first association this all-seater arena provokes is a Roman circus, with a disconcerting Estado Novo-finish?

3x3D Trailer (2013)

22 May 2013

A triptych of short stereoscopic films by Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard and Edgar Pêra. Includes "The Three Disasters" by Godard, "Cinesapiens" by Pêra and "Just in Time" by Greenaway.

Magnetick Pathways Trailer (2019)

25 April 2019

During a night of humiliation, Raymond lives an inner revolt and a kaleidoscopic journey in a country that is about to collapse.

Repórter X Trailer (1987)

22 May 1987

A story about character created by Reinaldo Ferreira (1897-1935), action reporter, mystery novelist and emotion journalist.

8 8 Trailer (2001)

10 November 2001

A 14-year-old kid, addicted to videogames, goes with his parents to a shopping mall and separates from them to go to a game store called UTOPYA.

One-Way Ticket to the Other Side Trailer (2024)

13 September 2024

A series of deeply personal short films centered around the debut album of the musical duo Pornographie Exclusive (Severine Cayron and Jerome Vandewattyne).

Delírio em Las Vedras Trailer (2016)

18 December 2016

Seven competing reporters are assigned to cover the Carnavael de Torres Vedras in Lisbon. Each of the seven tries to attract as much audience as possible to their broadcast.

Crime Abyss Blue Physical Remorse Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Crime Blue Abyss Physical Remorse is inspired by the life and works of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. This controversial 20th century painter defied the world avant-garde of his time: “I don’t follow schools.

Inside Out Trailer (2014)

20 November 2014

João is a writer who one day wakes up suffering from a bout of selective amnesia: he can't remember that he's gay.

Perpetual Movements: A Cine Tribute to Carlos Paredes Trailer (2006)

04 May 2006

The unconventional biography Perpetual Movements: A Cine Tribute to Carlos Paredes uses snippets of t

April 25 – An Adventure for Democracy Trailer (2000)

23 October 2000

Some years ago, the Palácio de São Bento suddenly shook from visitors singing Zeca Afonso’s 1972 Grândola, Vila Morena in protest against Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s neo-liberal politics.

The City of Cassiano Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

A short documentary about the works of Cassiano Branco, a modernist architect from Portugal

Zombietown 23 Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

Terrence McKenna: "What is real is you and your friends and your associations, your highs, your orgasms, your hopes, your plans, your fears.

Telepathic Letters Trailer (2024)

08 August 2024

Lovecraft and Pessoa were among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Cartas Telepáticas

A Janela (Maryalva Mix) Trailer (2001)

11 October 2001

An experimental and surreal film, a mix of weird and unusual "avant-gard" cinematography with some traditional icons of the Portuguese culture, like Fado or the typical neighbourhoods of Lisbon, in this case the "Bica" is a typical neighbourhood which is used as setting to the plot.

Reproduta interdita Trailer (1990)

01 January 1990

In 1988, Lisbon’s Chiado was ravaged by a fire; now, some of the highest real estate property prices in Portugal are paid for a piece of this Álvaro Siza Vieira-renovated area.