João Paulo Oliveira

Crónica Parisiense

Paris, March 1939. While the march of the Nazi troops makes itself heard throughout Europe, exiled artists and intellectuals from all over the world still converge in the French capital. Portuguese composer Fernando Lopes-Graça is among them, sharing this cosmopolitan environment, on the verge of rupture. A happy coincidence brings him into the presence of the man he considers his master, the intransigent Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. For Lopes-Graça, the occasion presents itself as a unique opportunity to show Bartók his scores...

Out of the Nature of Things

Documentary on the work of artist Carlos Nogueira by following up-close a series of his exhibitions. The movie follows the essential phases of the exhibitions' preparations: the concept, the definition and transformation os the materials and the installment os the sculptures.