Ana Brandão
2021Cartas de Angola
Dulce Fernandes
Ana Brandão, Chaz Mena
Letters from Angola is a voyage into a forgotten past where several stories intersect - that of Angolan-born filmmaker Dulce Fernandes and those of the Cubans who fought in the Angolan war. A journey through today's Cuba, the film uncovers the lost connection to a land left behind and it's a poetic reflection on the fragile place of the individual in the midst of the tectonic movements of history.
Cartas de Angola
Se Podes Olhar Vê. Se Podes Ver Repara
Rui Simões
Adelaide João, Ana Brandão
How would you react if you couldn't see? In rehearsing the theatrical adaptation of "Blindness", by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, the company "O Bando" made the experience. The actors lived 24 hours blindfolded in an abandoned hospital. How would you react if you could see again?
Se Podes Olhar Vê. Se Podes Ver Repara
Vai e Vem
João César Monteiro
João César Monteiro, Rita Pereira Marques
João Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work. On his son's release from prison and João's ensuing deception triggers a series of somber events.
Come and Go
Si demain
Fabienne Godet
Julie Moulier, Lucie Debay
Esther receives an anonymous diary, written 20 years ago by a young girl in hospital. The girl’s story resonates deeply with Esther, who is still suffering from a recent break-up. Supported by her best friend Elena, Esther becomes obsessed with finding the diary’s mysterious author and getting to know what became of her. Her investigation turns into a genuine introspective journey for Esther to heal, move on with her past and eventually come back to life.
Lifelines
Venus Velvet
Jorge Cramez
Ricardo Aibéo, Ana Brandão
When almost everyone in their senses (or in their powers to do so so) has left a Western European Capital of millions of people under the threat of a colliding commet, a bar stays open in defyance. Two lovers are too self absorbed but not so much so that between drinks they cannot realise the barmen's infatuation with the lost girl who thinks she's just his last plaything and keeps playing jukebox songs (American/French-Italian/American) to that effect.
Venus Velvet
Corte de Cabelo
Joaquim Sapinho
Carla Bolito, Marco Delgado
The film is set in Lisbon, and tells the story of a day in the life of Rita and Paulo, a Portuguese young couple of the 90's. The fast changing city around them makes them wish to break with all traditions and live the day the get married (only civil marriage) like it is an ordinary day.
Haircut
Ensaio Sobre o Teatro
Rui Simões
Adelaide João, Ana Brandão
This documentary shows a peculiar vision about theatre in general and O Bando in particular, on the bases of João Brites' directing the showcase of “ENSAIO SOBRE A CEGUEIRA” (essay on blindness), written by José Saramago.
Ensaio Sobre o Teatro
Do Céu e Da Terra
Isabel Aboim Inglez
Teresa Sobral, Ana Brandão
In far away Paraguay, there was a young man ... who in his heart had an empty meadow." This is the theme for a musical film in animation, where the director plays exemplary with screens, guns and money, between narrative and abstraction. Chagall, Picasso and Kandinsky hang around in a synthesis that seemed impossible, a film adapted from a book by P. Cachapa.
Do Céu e Da Terra
