Faria de Almeida (Director)

O Regresso

"O Regresso" is a documentary featuring renowned Portuguese actor Ruy de Carvalho as he returns to Macau after a 10-year absence. Directed to mark the 10th anniversary of his visit, the film captures Ruy de Carvalho revisiting key locations across the city, reflecting on the cultural and social transformations that Macau underwent in the lead-up to its handover from Portuguese to Chinese administration in 1999. Blending personal memories with the evolving landscape, the documentary offers a nostalgic look at Macau's unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese heritage, seen through the eyes of one of Portugal’s most beloved actors.

Release Date1989-04-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Catembe

This documentary shows a typical Sunday in Mozambique's capital, tourist main attractions, an inquest in Lisbon about the perception of the people in the street about what life was like in that African colony (or, as the Government had it then, "province"), and then interviews and scenes of Lourenço Marques fishermen and a bar waitresses. African folk music and dance were used as documents and background for the text narration.

Release Date1965-12-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Fados

A series that brings together ten television films that sketch out as many portraits of our daily lives, fictional stories that touch on various aspects of Portuguese life, experiences marked by destiny.

Release Date1989-04-09

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

24 Images Per Second

The intriguing world of cinema, explored as both industry and technical art: production in a flash; the studio as ritual; location shooting; editing; sound; the laboratory; animation; fascination — all unfolding at 24 frames per second.

Release Date1976-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Para um Album de Lisboa

Release Date1966-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

A Feira

A documentary portrait of the experiences at some of Portugal's street fairs.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Faça Segundo A Arte

Documentary about the Portuguese pharmaceutical specialty industry.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Triunfo da Técnica

With music by Manuel Jorge Veloso, Faria de Almeida made this film in 1970 in the offices of Philips Portugal, about the triumph of technology and its behind-the-scenes aspects.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vida e Obra de Ferreira de Castro

Documentary about the portuguese writer and journalist José Maria Ferreira de Castro.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Viviana

The suffocation of Portuguese society through the lens of a young woman, directed in the context of Faria de Almeida's time at the London School of Film Technique.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Streets of Early Sorrow

A fictional film influenced by the Free Cinema movement, in which a young black man, a political exile, wanders the streets of London while reliving traumatic memories of a massacre in South Africa. Winner of the 1st Cinestud Prize in Amsterdam.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

A Embalagem de Vidro

Set to the music of Manuel Jorge Veloso, Faria de Almeida's short film attempts a gesture of visual attention to colors, motifs, and movements, focusing especially on the energy of the work expended by the laborers involved in the manufacture of glass bottles.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Postal de Luanda

Luanda, the capital of Angola. The city, its people, and everyday life. Traditional aspects and the challenges of the future, presented in a brief yet dynamic overview.

Release Date1970-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

História do Cinema Português

Release Date2001-02-23

Episode Count2