Patrick Mendes

Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.

Crista, Carloto and João are building an airy greenhouse for butterflies in the garden. The three of them share household routines, day after day… And they are not the only ones.

The story of an ambulant sharpener who crosses spaces in a (almost) lifeless country.

The story of an ambulant sharpener who crosses spaces in a (almost) lifeless country.

The story of an ambulant sharpener who crosses spaces in a (almost) lifeless country.

In an automated world, an old factory feeds on its own work force.

In an automated world, an old factory feeds on its own work force.

In an automated world, an old factory feeds on its own work force.

A dehydrated man trespasses an estate and ends up by losing his freedom.

A dehydrated man trespasses an estate and ends up by losing his freedom.

A dehydrated man trespasses an estate and ends up by losing his freedom.

A girl after being exposed to a work of art, enters a psychotic hallucination caused by Stendhal syndrome.

A girl after being exposed to a work of art, enters a psychotic hallucination caused by Stendhal syndrome.

Essay House of Fun, is a journey to create the dramatic reading of the feature script HOUSE OF FUN, from the gender transition in the context of the 1990s, and the challenges of producing an audiovisual work in a short space-time.

Mata-Ratos, a legendary Portuguese punk band, have played in football stadiums, sports halls, bars, performance venues, cultural associations, nightclubs, bandstands, parties and garages. They now celebrate their fortieth anniversary and director Patrick Mendes joins them once again as they tour the country. We find them at Fundão, within the sweaty walls of Octógono, in a concert full of distortion, beer and mosh pits.

Somewhere in an unspecified time, Patrick Mendes presents an initiation ritual in a community at the ends of the earth.

Somewhere in an unspecified time, Patrick Mendes presents an initiation ritual in a community at the ends of the earth.

Somewhere in an unspecified time, Patrick Mendes presents an initiation ritual in a community at the ends of the earth.