Luís Filipe Costa (Director)

In the Shadow of the Vultures

Two simple, unassuming, apolitical men have their lives changed forever when they find themselves hunted by agents of the ruling dictatorship.

Release Date1998-04-23

Charactersd Radio Newscaster (voice)

Vote Count9

A Girl in Summer

It is the end of summer and Isabel is a relationship with Diogo. She don't quite know what she wants from her life going forward as her father gets sick.

Release Date1986-12-11

Charactersd Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

Vote Count4

António Duarte

Documentary about the sculptor António Duarte

Release Date1969-01-02

Charactersd (voice)

Vote Count1

O Ritmo na Vida

Release Date1968-01-01

Charactersd (voice)

A Noite do Golpe de Estado

The operational commander of the "Captains Movement", describes and recreates a quarter of century later the crucial 24 hours of April 25, 1974, that would topple the Portuguese government and start a democratic regime in Portugal - since another military coup, May 28, 1926, installed a one-party dictatorship there. The scenes in the claustrophobic operation room are recreated, with him alone and a few voices.

Release Date2001-01-01

Charactersd Self (radio reporter) (voice)

Desencontros

Release Date1995-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count145

Um Estranho em Casa

Release Date2002-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count60

Esquadra de Polícia

Release Date1999-09-13

DepartmentWriting

JobDialogue

Episode Count26

Terra Instável

Release Date1991-01-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Crimes Pré-Feitos

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Em Lisboa Uma Vez...

Release Date1985-11-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Polícias

Release Date1996-10-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

A Borboleta na Gaiola

"The Butterfly in the Cage" is a novel by Luís Filipe Costa adapted to film by the author, it follows the daily lives of several people connected to newspapers, television, film and theater in Lisbon, in the days leading up to the revolution of 25 April 1974.

Release Date1987-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Fuga

Set during the Estado Novo dictatorship, in the night of April 24, Pedro hears that the political police, PIDE, assaulted his house. Fearing of what his fate may be, Pedro runs, looking for a place to hide.

Release Date1999-04-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Morte D'Homem

Entangled in crime since childhood, Zeca Mouro experienced probation, reform school, and jail through expediency and marginality. His life is thus defined by crime and atonement.

Release Date1985-11-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Muito Tarde para Ficar Só

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Jaz Morto e Arrefece

Are the Portuguese afraid of the changes after the Estado Novo dictatorship?

Release Date1989-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Era Uma Vez Um Alferes

Colonial war in Africa. During a patrol, in the woods, a Portuguese soldier steps on a mine, that will explode when he raises his foot...

Release Date1987-04-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

25 Canções de Abril

The film revives the name of a show staged in 1977, the same year the film was produced, which brought together an impressive cast of singers, poets, and composers in a moment of reflection and evocation of the revolutionary process. With music and lyrics by artists such as José Mário Branco, Zeca Afonso, Paulo de Carvalho, and Fernando Tordo, and performances by Carlos Paredes, Tonicha, Ary dos Santos, Adriano Correia de Oliveira, and the Mineiros de Aljustrel.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Frequent Traveller

Have you ever had a crush on the man frisking you at the airport? What would you do to get strip searched in that back room without being sent to jail? Frequent Traveler brilliantly and silently explores the answer to this question.

Release Date2008-07-01

Vote Count2