Vasco Pimentel Movies

A chronology of the Avenue Almirante Reis in Lisbon. Its past and present. A portrait of those that inhabit it.

Rio Vermelho (Red River) is a short film about a pregnant woman which has a strong connection to the river. In spite of being pregnant she swims in...

Some time ago Gerardo knew another man of the same age called Berardo. When he said the name, Berardo expressed his oppinion violently, saying that...

An artistic and poetic documentary about the meaning of the Portuguese flag.

The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure...

Coming from Fundão to Lisboa where he did conscription service, Matias found that the reality of the big city is not exactly how he remembers

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...

This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel...

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

Several images follow one another to the work of António Pinho Vargas, Six Portraits of Pain, played in full.

Nourished by grief, silence drains the life of a couple who have lost their child. The mother refuses to speak, transforming their home into a place...

Every year the Portuguese Army recruits thousands of Citizens to constitute the National Service. At 10 pm ligths are killed in the quarters....

How to reinvent democracy by the eyes of two Portuguese activists.

This uneven comedy of manners concerns a young film projectionist (Jerome Ange) who sets out to find a marriageable woman. He sets his sights on two...

In Rio de Janeiro, people from the Mangueira neighbourhood follow the television broadcast on a big screen as the juries vote on each samba school....

Portrait of Pedro Cabrita Reis, one of the most important artists of the young generation in Portugal as seen by one of the most famous woman...