João Canijo
João Canijo (born 10 December, 1957; Porto) is a Portuguese filmmaker. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. His 2011 film Blood of My Blood was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar... Read full bio →
Sangue do Meu Sangue
A regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
Fantasia Lusitana
Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to the Americas; and a political and cultural elite that disguised their Nazi inclinations just enough to play its neutral role in international politics.
Noite Escura
A disturbing film about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.