Fernando Vendrell

Dribbling Fate (1998)

Life has moved too fast for Mane. at the age of 50 he watches the slow sacrifice of his ideals. His wife, Lucy, has locked him in to a daily routine. His work in a small commercial shop and grocer's has worn him out. His dreams have evaporated into the drought of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Vendrell
CAST:  Carlos Germano  •  Benita Lopes  •  Paulo Miranda  •  Sílvia Rizzo

Life has moved too fast for Mane. at the age of 50 he watches the slow sacrifice of his ideals. His wife, Lucy, has locked him in to a daily routine. His work in a small commercial shop and grocer's has worn him out. His dreams have evaporated into the drought of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Vendrell
CAST:  Carlos Germano  •  Benita Lopes  •  Paulo Miranda  •  Sílvia Rizzo

Light Drops (2002)

Rui was raised in Mozambique in a small village at the frontier of a mysterious river. Son of Portuguese colonists, his best friend is Ana, a black girl godchild of his mother. At fourteen he is confronted with the tragic destruction of his childhood and has to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Vendrell
CAST:  Luís Sarmento  •  Marco D'Almeida  •  Teresa Madruga  •  Carla Bolito

Rui was raised in Mozambique in a small village at the frontier of a mysterious river. Son of Portuguese colonists, his best friend is Ana, a black girl godchild of his mother. At fourteen he is confronted with the tragic destruction of his childhood and has to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Vendrell
CAST:  Luís Sarmento  •  Marco D'Almeida  •  Teresa Madruga  •  Carla Bolito

Apparition (2018)

A writer becomes the main character in the story he intended to write  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Vendrell
CAST:  Jaime Freitas  •  Victoria Guerra  •  Rita Martins  •  João Cachola

A writer becomes the main character in the story he intended to write  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Vendrell
CAST:  Jaime Freitas  •  Victoria Guerra  •  Rita Martins  •  João Cachola

Skin (2006)

Pele is a film about a young mulatto woman that in spite of being rich, beautiful and intelligent, feels discriminated because of the colour of her skin. The entire plot is in the early 70's, when Portugal had a dictatorial government, ultramarine territories and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Vendrell
CAST:  Daniela Costa  •  Francisco Nascimento  •  Manuel Wiborg  •  Fernanda Lapa

Pele is a film about a young mulatto woman that in spite of being rich, beautiful and intelligent, feels discriminated because of the colour of her skin. The entire plot is in the early 70's, when Portugal had a dictatorial government, ultramarine territories and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Vendrell
CAST:  Daniela Costa  •  Francisco Nascimento  •  Manuel Wiborg  •  Fernanda Lapa

Jogo da Glória (2002)

Rui, A teenage boy works in his father shop and has an old brother that is a policeman. His father is about to close the shop, because of money issues, and Rui needs to get money for him and also to help his father. By the hand of a friend he enters in the criminal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Vendrell
CAST:  Maria Emília Correia  •  Pedro Laginha  •  Marques D'Arede  •  Marco Delgado

Rui, A teenage boy works in his father shop and has an old brother that is a policeman. His father is about to close the shop, because of money issues, and Rui needs to get money for him and also to help his father. By the hand of a friend he enters in the criminal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Vendrell
CAST:  Maria Emília Correia  •  Pedro Laginha  •  Marques D'Arede  •  Marco Delgado

40 Years of Fantasporto (2021)

A journey through 40 years of life of the most important Film Festival in Portugal, through the voice of its President and Director, Mário Dorminsky and Beatriz Pacheco Pereira. Born at a coffee shop table in the "Invicta" - Porto City, with a subsidy of 15 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isabel Pina
CAST:  Lauro António  •  Georgia Chara  •  Bruno Chatelin  •  João Dorminsky

A journey through 40 years of life of the most important Film Festival in Portugal, through the voice of its President and Director, Mário Dorminsky and Beatriz Pacheco Pereira. Born at a coffee shop table in the "Invicta" - Porto City, with a subsidy of 15 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isabel Pina
CAST:  Lauro António  •  Georgia Chara  •  Bruno Chatelin  •  João Dorminsky