Movies by Maria Gil

longseason

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

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

vvvamor

A formally free poetic documentary filmed through a summer depression in northern Portugal.

KUEBIPUTO

KUEBIPUTO

A punk scarecrow, endowed by life, annihilates its roots and revitalizes its territory.

Oxymoron Life...

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 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

Três Realizadoras Portuguesas

Urute vv

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

Cá Estamos

A rural traditional family lives day by day without knowing how to communicate with each other, making tension rise between them.