João Matos Movies

A journey through Lisbon’s suburbs through the lives of a handful of musicians establishing their place to exist in a city of complex identity...

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 Ave Valley is, for more than a century, a territory seized by an imposing industry. Amongst ruins and operating factories, we descend the river...

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...

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...

Amor Fati seeks out parts that complete each other. These are portraits of couples, friends, families and pets and their owners. They share the...

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

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

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

At dawn, a group of peasants tries to rescue the body of a young man from the inside of a well. Women veil their faces in silence while men endure...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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