Directing
Paulo Abreu
Known for
Directing
Credits
39 titles
Pablo Abreu (Portugal, 1964) studied film in Lisbon and New York. He worked as director of photography in films by such directors as Paulo Rocha, Bruno de Almeida, Rodrigo Areias and André Gil Mata. He directed more than 20 experimental films that were selected and awarded internationally.
Known for
NRCaught in time, a trio of prehistoric characters lives around a dolmen. One of them, who is hyperactive, tries to stir his mates emotions with inventions and works of art. A strange object made out of bone, which re frames reality, will trigger greed and envy in them. Super 8 allegorical on Portugal, and the collective behavior of its people.
Beard
2011
NRThree men wash ashore in a forgotten cove, where time seems to have stood still. Surrounded by volcanic rocks and tides, they find themselves confined in a place as beautiful as it is inhospitable. As the days go by, a strange presence begins to insinuate itself among them.
Calhau
2025
1.0No synopsis available yet.
Impression X
2023
6.0After the crisis came tourism and Lisbon's transformation. Alis Ubbo (Phoenician for safe port) follows the change in the urban landscape of the city in the last 2 years.
Alis Ubbo
2020
NRDirector Júlio Bessa, who suffers from "stage fright" will make an introduction to his latest film at Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro in Santa Maria da Feira.
Labirinto
2014
7.0The Castle of Santa Maria da Feira speaks to the mortals.
Castle
2004
Film credits
2010s · 1 titles
Behind the camera
NRCaught in time, a trio of prehistoric characters lives around a dolmen. One of them, who is hyperactive, tries to stir his mates emotions with inventions and works of art. A strange object made out of bone, which re frames reality, will trigger greed and envy in them. Super 8 allegorical on Portugal, and the collective behavior of its people.
Beard
2011
NRCaught in time, a trio of prehistoric characters lives around a dolmen. One of them, who is hyperactive, tries to stir his mates emotions with inventions and works of art. A strange object made out of bone, which re frames reality, will trigger greed and envy in them. Super 8 allegorical on Portugal, and the collective behavior of its people.
Beard
2011
NRThree men wash ashore in a forgotten cove, where time seems to have stood still. Surrounded by volcanic rocks and tides, they find themselves confined in a place as beautiful as it is inhospitable. As the days go by, a strange presence begins to insinuate itself among them.
Calhau
2025
NRThree men wash ashore in a forgotten cove, where time seems to have stood still. Surrounded by volcanic rocks and tides, they find themselves confined in a place as beautiful as it is inhospitable. As the days go by, a strange presence begins to insinuate itself among them.
Calhau
2025
1.0No synopsis available yet.
Impression X
2023
6.0After the crisis came tourism and Lisbon's transformation. Alis Ubbo (Phoenician for safe port) follows the change in the urban landscape of the city in the last 2 years.
Alis Ubbo
2020
6.0After the crisis came tourism and Lisbon's transformation. Alis Ubbo (Phoenician for safe port) follows the change in the urban landscape of the city in the last 2 years.
Alis Ubbo
2020
6.0After the crisis came tourism and Lisbon's transformation. Alis Ubbo (Phoenician for safe port) follows the change in the urban landscape of the city in the last 2 years.
Alis Ubbo
2020
NRDirector Júlio Bessa, who suffers from "stage fright" will make an introduction to his latest film at Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro in Santa Maria da Feira.
Labirinto
2014
NRDirector Júlio Bessa, who suffers from "stage fright" will make an introduction to his latest film at Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro in Santa Maria da Feira.
Labirinto
2014
NRDirector Júlio Bessa, who suffers from "stage fright" will make an introduction to his latest film at Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro in Santa Maria da Feira.
Labirinto
2014
7.0The Castle of Santa Maria da Feira speaks to the mortals.
Castle
2004
NRUbu, instigated by his wife, murders King Venceslau and usurps the throne of Poland. Intoxicated by power, this grotesque and coward character conducts his reign in an absurd and cruel way, leading his kingdom to ruin. A cinematographic adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s play, a political satire that, cyclically, turns to the reality of world politics.
Ubu
2023
NRUbu, instigated by his wife, murders King Venceslau and usurps the throne of Poland. Intoxicated by power, this grotesque and coward character conducts his reign in an absurd and cruel way, leading his kingdom to ruin. A cinematographic adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s play, a political satire that, cyclically, turns to the reality of world politics.
Ubu
2023
NRLandscapes of Portugal and the travel of the light.
Light Travel
2005
NRAutumn symbolizes the beginning of the end.
Autumn Leaves
2025
The natural swimming pool of Varadouro in Faial, Azores.
Varadouro
2013
NRA Portuguese sniper receives orders from his captain.
Sniper #1
2006
NRExperimental super8 film for the Legendary Tiger Man live shows. A strange man lives in a strange garden.
Masquerade
2006
NRDocumentary about the legendary Portuguese guitar god Filipe "Phil Mendrix" Mendes.
Phil Mendrix
2015
NR"Asleep" is an experimental documentary , shot in Super 8, about the Capelinhos volcano in the Azorean island of Faial .
Asleep
2012
NRI Don't Belong Here" follows the creative process of the play, with the same name, conceived from the personal experiences of the performers themselves, who were deported unexpectedly to Azores from the United States and Canada.
I don't belong here
2017
NRThe story of a vigilante friar, zealous caretaker of goodness and order who, after suffering unrequited love for an engaged woman, becomes a terrifying villain in a quiet town.
The Scoundrel
2012
NRIn a mental institution a man flies forever. Shot in the psychiatric hospital "Conde Ferreira" in Porto.
Count Ferreira
2003
NRAnimation scratched directly on film.
Scratch
2000
2.0War movie made by one adult and two children with the help of a BB Gun.
Pocket War
2005
5.0Shot in two of the Azores islands, Pico and Faial, between 2015 and 2016. The idea of this film happened by accident. Going back to the footage of a location scouting from a previous project, canceled years before, another hidden film was found. The power of Nature and the role of chance in the creative process build a narrative about life, friendship, cinema and the influence of the unexpected in artistic creation.
What Is Not Seen
2020
5.0Shot in two of the Azores islands, Pico and Faial, between 2015 and 2016. The idea of this film happened by accident. Going back to the footage of a location scouting from a previous project, canceled years before, another hidden film was found. The power of Nature and the role of chance in the creative process build a narrative about life, friendship, cinema and the influence of the unexpected in artistic creation.
What Is Not Seen
2020
NRTwo children play a deadly game of Gunslingers.
Friendly Fire
2007
NRAsleep is an experimental and poetic documentary, shot in Super 8, about the Capelinhos volcano in the Azorean island of Faia. Also included is some footage of the successive eruptions during 1957 and 1958.
Asleep
2012
5.0Two workers hung in a crane talking about love. Shot by chance from a roof.
Small Talk
2005
NRCows in frenzy
Cows
2001
NREurope 2015, A woman roams through a wasteland.
Cliff
2015
NRLooking for God.
Airway to Steven
2002
NRIronic report of the works in the city of Lisbon.
Not Dallas
2007
NRMemories of youth. Homage to the super 8 film Plus X, that was extinct by Kodak in 2010.
For Plus- X
2010
NRMemories of youth. Homage to the super 8 film Plus X, that was extinct by Kodak in 2010.
For Plus- X
2010
