João Matos Movies

Two young Portuguese women try to put down roots in Brazil. Teresa is newly arrived; Francisca has been there a while. This sure-footed, loving...

“Campo de Marte” (The Field of Mars) was in the ancient times Rome’s training arena for war. At the outskirts of Lisbon,...

A dark comedy about a family of five brothers, a single and unemployed mother, and a grandmother. They live tight in a small apartment in Benfica....

The atelier of the painter Gonçalo Pena merges into his work. The space's occupation is divided between the solitary and silent moments...

Shooting on 16mm film in Mozambique, director Ico Costa explores the textures of human behaviour as he follows young men who wonder what lies beyond...

Documentary about the work of the painter António Sena and a way to see the transformation of forms over time

Somewhere in the mountains, a man lives alone in a disappearing village. Wandering through the misty nature, interpreting among the walls of his dark...

In 2020, unable to travel, Ico Costa left a small camera with Ailucha and Domy, two young Mozambicans from the city of Inhambane, and asked them to...

Beside the savage desire to realize the enormities which he brooded on, nothing was sacred.

Maria starts to show signs of wanting to belong somewhere else: scales appear on her skin, roots appear on her legs, and she hears the sound of water...

“There must be a different solution than the one from hell’. Full unadulterated terror (and music). 'The best class always ends with a...

An observation of post-colonial economic relations through the intersecting trajectories of two Filipino women: one preparing to leave her native...

They thought life would be simple. All material problems would be overcome. Every morning it would be good to have breakfast together, the table...

Castuera, Spain, April 1939. During the night two Falangist Guards appear at the door of the house where Paz is taking refuge with her family. They...

From the bride's room to the dance floor, through the situations created by photographers, we follow three couples on their wedding day. People...

Mother and son move into a new house, a new city, a new story.

A film about a show and the issues the players face during their collective artistic work. Will we ever be able to leave our cocoons towards a...

4 months after Gezi process the workers from Kazova occupied the factory.

Angela and Jay survive by fishing for food on the wave-beaten volcanic coast. Their life as a couple is under stress and their existence is...