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

Film credits

Behind the camera

Beard poster
NR

Caught 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

Beard poster
NR

Caught 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

Calhau poster
NR

Three 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

Calhau poster
NR

Three 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

Impression X poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Impression X

2023

Alis Ubbo poster
6.0

After 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

Alis Ubbo poster
6.0

After 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

Alis Ubbo poster
6.0

After 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

Labirinto poster
NR

Director 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

Labirinto poster
NR

Director 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

Labirinto poster
NR

Director 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

Castle poster
7.0

The Castle of Santa Maria da Feira speaks to the mortals.

Castle

2004

Ubu poster
NR

Ubu, 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

Ubu poster
NR

Ubu, 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

Light Travel poster
NR

Landscapes of Portugal and the travel of the light.

Light Travel

2005

Autumn Leaves poster
NR

Autumn symbolizes the beginning of the end.

Autumn Leaves

2025

No artwork available
NR

The natural swimming pool of Varadouro in Faial, Azores.

Varadouro

2013

Sniper #1 poster
NR

A Portuguese sniper receives orders from his captain.

Sniper #1

2006

Masquerade poster
NR

Experimental super8 film for the Legendary Tiger Man live shows. A strange man lives in a strange garden.

Masquerade

2006

Phil Mendrix poster
NR

Documentary about the legendary Portuguese guitar god Filipe "Phil Mendrix" Mendes.

Phil Mendrix

2015

Asleep poster
NR

"Asleep" is an experimental documentary , shot in Super 8, about the Capelinhos volcano in the Azorean island of Faial .

Asleep

2012

I don't belong here poster
NR

I 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

The Scoundrel poster
NR

The 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

Count Ferreira poster
NR

In a mental institution a man flies forever. Shot in the psychiatric hospital "Conde Ferreira" in Porto.

Count Ferreira

2003

Scratch poster
NR

Animation scratched directly on film.

Scratch

2000

Pocket War poster
2.0

War movie made by one adult and two children with the help of a BB Gun.

Pocket War

2005

What Is Not Seen poster
5.0

Shot 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

What Is Not Seen poster
5.0

Shot 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

Friendly Fire poster
NR

Two children play a deadly game of Gunslingers.

Friendly Fire

2007

Asleep poster
NR

Asleep 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

Small Talk poster
5.0

Two workers hung in a crane talking about love. Shot by chance from a roof.

Small Talk

2005

Cows poster
NR

Cows in frenzy

Cows

2001

Cliff poster
NR

Europe 2015, A woman roams through a wasteland.

Cliff

2015

Airway to Steven poster
NR

Looking for God.

Airway to Steven

2002

Not Dallas poster
NR

Ironic report of the works in the city of Lisbon.

Not Dallas

2007

For Plus- X poster
NR

Memories of youth. Homage to the super 8 film Plus X, that was extinct by Kodak in 2010.

For Plus- X

2010

For Plus- X poster
NR

Memories of youth. Homage to the super 8 film Plus X, that was extinct by Kodak in 2010.

For Plus- X

2010