Tiago Hespanha

Karlon, born in Pedreira dos Húngaros (a slum in the outskirts of Lisbon) and a pioneer of Cape Verdean creole rap, runs away from the housing proj...

10 de fev. de 2017

In 1974, after years of civil war, the Portuguese and their descendants fled the colony of Angola where groups working for independence gradually c...

12 de abr. de 2023

In order to reflect upon current practices of political dissent, we delve into the past and follow the experiences of a young artist. Invited to go...

23 de ago. de 2024

A dive, the midday sunlight filtering down through the water. The air in her lungs has to last until she can dislodge the abalone. Dives like these...

16 de abr. de 2016

Estado de Excepção is a documentary about CITAC (Coimbra Theater Initiation Circle), a university theater group, revealing history since it was con...

15 de mai. de 2007

They all say that you killed an Angel. Who says that ? They. It’s not an Angel. It isn’t ? No. It’s a rare bird, just like you and me.

11 de jul. de 2019

(within the project URB) CIDADE is a TV series that takes place in the diverse, urbanistically chaotic and multicultural periphery of Lisbon. Each ...

01 de jan. de 2017

Uma noite, os trabalhadores de uma fábrica de elevadores em Portugal veem as máquinas serem colocadas em furgões e levadas. Sem conseguirem impedir...

01 de jan. de 2019

"Campo" é apresentado como um filme-ensaio, rodado "na maior base militar da Europa, onde os militares treinam, com todo o tipo de armas, missões q...

27 de out. de 2019

A portrait of a first relationship, previous to the external world, the one of the family. In a winter in Lisbon, father, mother, son and daughter ...

09 de ago. de 2009

End of adolescence, end of school, the last summer before joining the working world for a group of friends from the neighbourhood of Alcoitão, "BDA".

10 de mai. de 2017

"I've been on this cliff for almost a year, here on the lookout. Always aware of the sea and the enemy, even though I've never seen him. The man ri...

13 de jul. de 2022

20 de set. de 2024

Cunning and slender, harassed and on the run, Reynard is a metaphor of a never ending obsession with each breath, each gesture, each thought. Marta...

12 de jul. de 2019

Europe’s largest lithium mine is about to start operating in Trás-os-Montes, much to the dismay of the local inhabitants. Frederico Lopo induces a...

23 de mai. de 2024

“The most constant and deadly disease in any society is indifference.” – Abbé Pierre. In 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Lisbon’s largest sport...

21 de out. de 2024

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...

01 de abr. de 2014

The afternoon Jorge asks Mariana over for a weekend at his house in Leiria, she starts to see him in a whole new light. Unsure of her friend’s inte...

22 de mai. de 2023

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 stru...

19 de jul. de 2019

Through a city that carries the weight of broken expectations and tough absencies, we follow the day of three young adults. César who got into a ph...

08 de jul. de 2019

A 70-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman share a candid and twisted relationship with a deadline. Trapped in one room, Antonio and Catarina are ne...

10 de ago. de 2017

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

31 de out. de 2019

They walk in pairs; they go door to door and visit the homes of those who wish to listen. They discuss matters of faith, family, demureness, religi...

29 de abr. de 2009

26 de mai. de 2022