Leonor Areal

Nasci com a Trovoada: Autobiografia póstuma de um cineasta

Leonor Areal

Manuel Guimarães, António da Cunha Telles

The autobiographical texts and letters by film director Manuel Guimarães, and exchanged by him with friends, are the axis for the intimate narrative of his life, social concerns, passion for movies - while revisiting many movies of the 20th century and his complete filmography. One segment documents the epic way directors attempted to bypass official censorship to show their movies out of the country.

Geração Feliz

Leonor Areal

Rui Zink, Miguel Vale de Almeida

For a decade, the unexpected theater group “Os Felizes da Fé” left its mark on the late 20 century’s art map. With its street happenings, the Felizes defied all forms of authority: civil, political or moral. However, their activity stopped suddenly in 1995.

Nos Interstícios da Realidade, ou O Cinema de António de Macedo

João Monteiro

António de Macedo, António-Pedro Vasconcelos

Feature documentary about ex-maverick filmmaker António de Macedo.

Fora da lei

Leonor Areal

Lesbian couple Teresa and Lena made national news in Portugal when they applied to get married. Leonor Areal's camera follows them, one amid scores of reporters' cameras, as they deal with the denial of their petition, and, more significantly, with the negative fallout the publicity generates. Though seeking equal rights, in the process of being recognizable public figures, the two women and their daughters instead find themselves facing even greater discrimination in housing, work, and school.

Doutor Estranho Amor - ou como aprendi a amar o preservativo e deixei de me preocupar

Leonor Areal

This documentary shows a Brigade of medicine students that goes to a school to prevent AIDS. For 10 weeks, we follow their failures and achievements with a class of difficult but interesting characters. A film that asks us many questions about talking of sexuality and that is an important case study to the actual political debate on sexual education. The Brigades are voluntary groups of medicine students, who go to the schools to prevent risky behaviours and fight AIDS. Doctor Strange Love follows the action of a Brigade in the midst of a teenager class, focusing on value contrasts and relationships, through this experience of changing minds and consciousness.

Aqui Tem Gente

Leonor Areal

Lisbon, Portugal, Europe, 2011. A slum is about to be demolished. On the verge of becoming homeless, dwellers organize to defend their right to housing.