Valdemar Santos Movies

In 2016, Edgar Pêra released The Amazing Spectator, a playful investigation into cinema’s disquieting essence that had everything from...

A theft of water, a homicide, a question of honour, a tragedy in the village of Gralhas, Montalegre.

Dreaming of great adventures and of standing up for his homeland, a young Portuguese man enlists in the army during World War I and is sent to the...

One sleepless night, Emília recalls a childhood trauma. Amidst the burning memories, she visits her parents, her sister, Manuel and all the...

Madalena is a seven-year-old girl who has to draw the nativity scene. When she lists the characters in the biblical scene, she is confronted with a...

A homeless man sleeps in front of an empty store when suddenly a vehicle stops and two men start to carry cases inside. Meanwhile the man tries to...

The story of a vigilante friar, zealous caretaker of goodness and order who, after suffering unrequited love for an engaged woman, becomes a...

A kino-investigation about spectatorship, a continuous conversation between different kinds of spectators: which one is more cinema: Citizen Kane on...

Crime Blue Abyss Physical Remorse is inspired by the life and works of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. This controversial 20th century painter defied the...

Four voices and their visions of Guimarães, cradle city of the Portuguese nation and European Capital of Culture in 2012.

A young boy walks the streets of a city with his shoeshine box, carrying the weight of adult responsibilities before his time. Yet, amid the demands...

A writer immerses himself in his work La muerte del payaso and becomes a hostage of impossible dreams. Between crimes and hallucinations, between the...

I am the double of the shadow of my own image. An allegory that occupies my place. This is my act of contrition. Beyond good and evil, I stand as an...

In a small fishing village, two boys are forced to take part in drug trafficking. When the eldest plans to escape, the younger one is forced to deal...

Five low-life people find themselves trapped in a public toilet.

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

An ascetic nurse working in palliative care tries to overcome her fear of death and loneliness while her mother fights for her life after a sudden...

Dr. Ivan has found two radical cures for unhappiness: the diagnosis of fake terminal cancers and the temporary elimination of some of the 5 senses....

Luana plays between trains and swings while she waits for her father on the other side of the line.