Movies by Maria Gil
longseason
In the year of 2022, a late teenager and their friends film moments they would prefer not to forget: their long season.
Basin of Souls
Rua de Santa Catarina, a street that was formerly home to dozens of local businesses and hundreds of Porto residents, now sees a crowd of tourists attracted by the cheap, disposable amenities that are popping up everywhere at once. Gentrification has decontextualized Portuguese culture, rendering the landscape uncanny. The Basin Woman, a symbol of the female workers of the historic Bolhão Market, is chased down by seagulls in the midst of this transcendent chaos.
vvvamor
A formally free poetic documentary filmed through a summer depression in northern Portugal.
KUEBIPUTO
A punk scarecrow, endowed by life, annihilates its roots and revitalizes its territory.
Oxymoron Life...
The wanderer Rascal embarks on a psychotic and contradictory journey to break out of the ego bubble in which his self-loathing and isolation have inserted him in. After his metamorphosis, his soulmate, Paloma, makes him realize that life is as complicated as it is simple - and that all that's left to do is to live.
The Shimmering Bodies
The afternoon Jorge asks Mariana over for a weekend at his house in Leiria, she starts to see him in a whole new light. Unsure of her friend’s intentions, Mariana accepts his unexpected and baffling invitation.
Três Realizadoras Portuguesas
Urute vv
An intimate glimpse into 3 years of serene moments, compiling video, polaroids and other things that were lying around when editing.
Cá Estamos
A rural traditional family lives day by day without knowing how to communicate with each other, making tension rise between them.