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MY FATHER’S WIVES
The Film "My Father’s Wives" is an adaptation of the book by Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa. Starring Taís Araújo.
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FILMS
Maria Vitória
“Memory has always fascinated me because it is never completely fixed. We cannot change what happened, but perhaps we can change the way the past lives within us and find the freedom to choose who we become.“
First Look at Maria Vitória | Written and Directed by Mário Patrocínio | Premiere Tokyo International Film Festival | LEFFEST Lisboa Film Festival
Before the Moonrise
“The stories we inherit from those who came before us somehow become part of our own memory. Perhaps that is where reality and imagination begin to meet.”
Written and Directed by Mário Patrocínio | Toronto Black Film Festival | FEST – New Directors
The Tuner of Silences
“Not everything that is absent is gone. Sometimes what we cannot see is what remains most present.”
Written and Directed by Mário Patrocínio | Tribeca Film Festival | Toronto Black Film Festival | FEST – New Directors | In The Palace ISFF
Complex: Parallel Universe
“Complexo changed the way I see the world. It taught me the power of listening, questioning, and remaining curious. It made me wonder how much the place where we are born defines who we become, and how many of the barriers between us are real or created by what we have learned to believe.”
Directed by Mário Patrocínio | Winner of Best International Documentary – Artivist Film Festival (LA) | Honorable Mention – International Federation of Film Societies
#1 Box Office Documentary in Portugal (2011)
I Love Kuduro
"Luanda was vibrating. Kuduro wasn’t just music. It was rhythm, rebellion, survival — and I needed to capture it before it vanished."
Directed by Mário Patrocínio | Premiered at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival | Featured by Nowness
COMMISSIONED WORK
“I like being challenged and surrounded by different ideas. For me, collaboration is about staying open and searching for the strongest way forward, whether it becomes a story, an emotion, or simply an image that stays with you.”
The hunter and the prey
"Sebastian wasn’t just riding waves — he was chasing the impossible.
This film captures the force of that pursuit."
Directed by Mário Patrocínio | Commissioned by Porsche & MC Saatchi Berlin | Sebastian Steudtner Guinness World Record — Largest Wave Ever Surfed (26.2m)
artemy Lebedev
"Design is movement. We follow its lines without knowing — from train maps to border crossings. And Artemy never stopped moving."
Directed by Mário Patrocínio | Commissioned by Nike | Portrait of Artemy Lebedev — world traveler and one of the most influential design thinkers of his generation.
Contemporary Art Fair
"Art is not static. It's a dialogue between the past and the present, a bridge connecting cultures and ideas."
Directed by Mário Patrocínio | Commissioned by ARCO Lisboa | Celebrating contemporary art's dynamic essence and its role in shaping societies.