João Nicolau

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João Nicolau was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He works as a film director and editor and, sometimes, as an actor and musician.

Most Popular João Nicolau Trailers

Total trailers found: 29

The Gift of Tears Trailer (2012)

26 November 2012

A princess and a hunter. An iconographic journey immersed in Lusitanian fantasy.

The Face You Deserve Trailer (2005)

23 March 2005

Francisco, behave! I Know it's your birthday, you are thirty now, it's carnival, you've dressed as a cowboy for the school party and you are surrounded by kids you hate.

Uprise Trailer (2008)

30 April 2008

In this evocative story told ingeniously with minimal dialogue, men and women from various backgrounds and places each deal with the loss of a loved one.

Bird of Prey Trailer (2006)

13 March 2006

After finishing his MA in Anthropology, Hugo spends his days giving his brain a rest from the endless reading of texts by unknown authors.

Friends after Dark Trailer (2016)

04 August 2016

In the year when cinema was paralyzed in Portugal due to lack of funding, a group of friends embarks on a mysterious expedition to see wolves in their natural habitat, but ends up being trapped in a house without much to do.

Wild Haggis Trailer (2013)

17 October 2013

A ten year-old boy faces up to the struggles of life in a summer camp. It’s not easy to be ignored by the girl of his heart or seeing his dormitory vandalised by adolescent thugs.

Canticle of All Creatures Trailer (2006)

08 July 2006

An interpretation of the life of Francis of Assisi.

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.

John From Trailer (2016)

31 March 2016

Rita is fifteen and spends the summer between warm afternoons of teenage love and party nights with her friend Sara.

Christmas Inventory Trailer (2000)

15 December 2000

A family gathers to celebrate Christmas.

Providence and the Guitar Trailer (2026)

19 August 2026

In a distant past, Léon and Elvira Berthelini, itinerant artists, make their living hopping from town to town.

Summer of Giacomo Trailer (2011)

09 August 2011

A summer day in Italy. The camera follows the deaf-mute Giacomo and a childhood girlfriend Stefi closely – in the woods, by the river – without wanting to disrupt the mystery of their relationship, between restrained sensuality and childhood games.

Song of Love and Health Trailer (2009)

13 March 2009

João is an indolent young man, whose life is desperately empty. Day after day he goes through the motions of duplicating keys in his tiny shop concealed in the basement of an obsolete nearly deserted shopping center.

Lupo Trailer (2019)

25 September 2019

The Italian Rino Lupo directed some of the most important silent films of Portuguese cinema. Pedro Lino develops, in Lupo, an investigation about the director, discovering one of the mysteries that surrounded him, the year and place of his death.

Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Carlos Oliveira's literary universe is re-enacted in a studio using the writer’s personal objects and manuscripts, and with the help of Luis Miguel Cintra and Fernando Lopes.

Kalkitos Trailer (2002)

01 August 2002

A 20 year old young man asks some kids if he can play football with them. They think it’s weird and ask him how old is he.

The Sword and the Rose Trailer (2010)

09 September 2010

Manuel bids farewell to his routine and boards a 15th century vessel under pirate law. Treason on board triggers a series of terrible events our protagonist overcomes while keeping his moral principles intact.

Redemption Trailer (2013)

11 October 2013

On January 21, 1975, in a village in the north of Portugal, a child writes to his parents who are in Angola to tell them how sad Portugal is.

A Yellow Animal Trailer (2020)

15 October 2020

Obsessed with questions about his past, a bankrupt, white Brazilian filmmaker undertakes an epic journey from Brazil to Mozambique and Portugal.

Altered Innocence Vol. 1 Trailer (2021)

25 May 2021

A vibrant anthology of LGBTQ+ short films and music videos that delve into the complexities of youth, identity, and desire.

Technoboss Trailer (2019)

07 November 2019

The start of Luís Rovisco’s old age isn’t exactly cheerful. Already in his sixties, he’s still roaming the country by himself, carrying out his tasks — increasingly less real — as sales director for the company SegurVale.

Come and Go Trailer (2003)

03 June 2003

João Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work.

Grey and Black Trailer (2015)

27 October 2015

The story of Maria, a woman betrayed by his companion, David, when he steals a sack of money and flees, taking refuge in the island of Pico.

The Adventures of Gigi the Law Trailer (2022)

26 October 2022

Gigi is a rural policeman who works in a place where nothing ever happens… until a young woman commits suicide by throwing herself onto the tracks as a train passes.

31 Means Trouble Trailer (2003)

04 July 2003

This is the way you hold the racket to play a forehand. Just move your arm back, the left shoulder facing the ball, step forward with your left foot, hitting the ball.

Happy Times Will Come Soon Trailer (2016)

14 May 2016

Tommaso and Arturo are on the run in a remote forest. They hunt for food, trying to survive and find their way through the lush nature.

Alpha Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

What starts as an animal lab experiment leads, in the future, to the development of artificial beings capable of carrying out the most varied and complex of tasks.

Far From Amazónia Trailer (2017)

01 July 2017

In 1783, naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira travelled to Amazonia. Centuries later, all that remains from his Philosophical Journey are the artifacts belonging the tribes he studied and the animals and plants he brought over to Portugal, evoking a distant Amazonia and an expedition that went on for nine years.

Calado Não Dá Trailer (1999)

30 May 1999

"Cape Verde is an archipelago situated 500km off the West Coast of Africa. On the island of Santiago lives Mano Mendi, the last player of the cimboa, a one-string violin used to accompany the traditional batuque music.