Movies: Gabriel Abrantes

The apparition of a bloodstain reaffirms the relentless cycle of life, filmed in all its fragility and complexity....

A delirious sci-fi riff on the Arabian Nights' 'Tale of the Hunchback', that submerges us in a technological dystopia reigned by Dalaya.com, a mega-corporation that forces its employees to 'relax' at company-run medieval reenactments....

When two boys leave for a philosophical journey and only one is prepared for it, their worlds will part forever....

Mallard Gibson and Singuz Gumpfree have disowned the society of men: they have instead long conversations with a hare named Jackrabbit, with whom they share a shack on the banks of the East River. Amongst mystic visions, dark humour and anarchic asso...

Set in the area surrounding the Angolan capital of Luanda, 'Liberdade' follows a young couple, Betty a seductive but domineering Chinese immigrant and Liberdade, a troubled young Angolan. When Betty tries to take the relationship to the next level Li...

Tired of being a banal architectural ornamental, a sculpture runs from the Louvre to confront real life on the streets of Paris....

Two hipsters bicker about what year punk really died....

An animation featuring the voices of Inês Castel-Branco and Jack Haven which includes arguments between couples, taken from life, between ghosts....

A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors....

Set in Haiti, more precisely in the places affected by the 2010 tsunami, Ornithes shows us the attempt of theatre director Gabriel Abrantes to stage an as faithful as possible adaptation of The Birds by Aristophanes. However, his pedantic attitude du...