Festa do Futuro 2024

The first edition of "A Festa do Futuro" (The Festival of the Future), a multidisciplinary cultural and artistic festival by the community and for the community in Souto, Abrantes, Portugal. The theme of the first edition of the festival was the 'Collective', in which the program was debated in a free space, sharing ideas and meeting where the community takes the floor and decides, in democracy, the program that best suits Souto and the region.

Director, Image, Sound, Editing - João Cruz
Music - António Bastos, Fio à Meada, Arrebimbá Fundo

Retimbrar - April 25 Live Show

Retimbrar is a collective of musicians from Porto, founded in 2008. Inspired by traditional Portuguese rhythms, songs and percussion instruments, they have developed original music with the aim of creating bridges between the past and the future. In celebration of the 50 years since the day that the Portuguese overthrew dictatorship, the "Carnation Revolution" on April 25, 1974, the group performed a live show showcasing their creations.

Director and Editing - João Cruz
Image - João Cruz, Zhang Qinzhe
Music - Retimbrar
Year - 2024

Oh! Porto Apartments

Oh! Porto’s location speaks for itself - Douro river and Porto right in front of your eyes. In this modern, and functional Aparthotel perfectly inserted in a World Heritage Site (UNESCO), you’ll feel the authenticity of the region in a comfortable, wide, and equipped apartment.

Director, Image and Sound - João Cruz
Year - 2016

SMF Fest 2024

On 2-3 October, participants at Sustainable Marine Fuel Fest gathered in Porto for 2024’s edition of this unique ‘for industry, by industry’ forum that explores all marine fuels and technologies that will support shipping on its decarbonisation pathway.

Director, Image, Sound, Editing - João Cruz
Year - 2024

A Mãe e o Mar

(The Mother and the Sear”) In the quest for a real and lost myth in the beach of Vila Chã (Portugal), we look for the sea women, the so-called fisherwomen, in one of the few places in the world with female skippers. But where are they now? And where are the 120 artisanal fishing boats? Merely 9 boats remain and one only fisherwoman. In the land of brave seafarers, we shot the love for fishing, the love for the sea. "A Mãe e O Mar" won the award for best feature film at doclisboa 2013 and was exhibited at MoMA.

Director - Gonçalo Tocha
Producer - Dario Oliveira - Curtas Metragens CRL
Photography-  André Guiomar, Gonçalo Tocha
Editing - Gonçalo Tocha, André Guiomar, Rui Ribeiro
Sound - João Cruz, Pedro Ferraz
Sound Mixing - João Cruz, Pedro Ferraz
Production Manager - Raquel da Silva
Runtime - 92'
Year - 2013

Croft Port - 2020 Harvest Summary

Croft is one of the most distinguished of all Port houses. Founded in 1588, it is the oldest firm still active today as a Port wine producer. The harvest is the most active season in the Douro and crucial for the production of port wine.

Image - João Cruz, Zhang Qinzhe
Editing - João Cruz
Year - 2020

Son of a Tailor

Son of a Tailor is a clothing-technology company based in Copenhagen making custom fit clothing for men with a mission to reengineer the clothing industry for the planet and people. The brand's production is located in Portugal.

Image - João Cruz and Saga Styrmisdóttir
Editing - Saga Styrmisdóttir
Year - 2024

                                    

Fesival Músicas do Mundo - 2016

The Festival Músicas do Mundo takes place every year in Sines during the month of July. Its program encompasses "world music" and transcends its boundaries. It opens up to folk, jazz, alternative music, fusion, and urban music. It's a festival that seeks out real-world music as it's created and experienced in our time: blended music, shaped by interactions between artists from different geographic and cultural origins.

Director - Paulo Coutinho Dias
Image - Paulo Coutinho Dias, Daniel Silva
Sound - João Cruz
Editing - Ana Marques Dias
Year - 2016

Sadler's Wells - Marco da Silva Ferreira

Sadler's Wells Theatre is a London performing arts venue, located in Rosebery Avenue, Islington. The present-day theatre is the sixth on the site. Sadler's Wells grew out of a late 17th-century pleasure garden and was opened as a theatre building in the 1680s. In this interview, choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira talks on his work CARCAÇA, shortlisted for The Rose International Dance Prize. In CARCAÇA, Marco uses dance as a research tool for community, the construction of collective identity, memory and cultural stagnation.

Image - João Cruz, Sadler's Wells
Editing - Sadler's Wells
Year - 2024

Álbum de Família - Costanza Givone

In Álbum de Família by Costanza Givone, a character sheds layers of clothing to reveal family memories, interwoven with children’s stories and historical events, culminating in an interactive exploration of contemporary family diversity.

Image - João Cruz, Zhang Qinzhe
Editing - Zhang Qinzhe
Year - 2022

Cinzas, Ensaio Sobre O Fogo

Gerês, Portugal. Days are born with fire and die with it. Men renew the earth with ancient practices. All beings inhabit the same place.

Director and Script - Pedro Flores
Photography - Simone Almeida, Francisco Lobo
Sound - João Cruz
Sound Editing - Adrian Santos
Music - Tó Trips
Editing - Maria João Barbosa
Cast - Maria, Anselmo, José Alberto, Sandra, Gonçalo
Production Manager - Raquel da Silva
Producer - Curtas Metragens CRL
Runtime - 18'
Year 2012

Croft Port - Quinta da Roêda in Autumn

Croft is one of the most distinguished of all Port houses. Founded in 1588, it is the oldest firm still active today as a Port wine producer. The landscape at Quinta da Roêda changes to mesmerizing colors in autumn.

Image and Editing - João Cruz
Year - 2019

BIN 27 with David Guimaranes

Bin 27 is as well known as Fonseca itself. Although for connoisseurs and collectors the Fonseca house is synonymous with Vintage Port wine, it is actually Bin 27 the wine that most quickly comes to mind of thousands of consumers and Port lovers when they think of Fonseca. Bin 27 is a rich, fruity wine made from a blend of reserve wines. It is sold all over the world, with particular popularity in the North American market.

Image, Sound and Editing - João Cruz
Year - 2019

Fonseca Port - Decanting Port Wine

The house of Fonseca traces its origins to the early nineteenth century. The first evidence of the firm trading in Port is an entry dated 8th April, 1815, in the ledgers of the Real Companhia Velha, the royal monopoly company.
In this video it is demonstraded how to decant a vintage port.

Image - João Cruz, Zhang Qinzhe
Editing - João Cruz
Year - 2021

Krohn Port - Cookbook Blueberry and Lime Cheesecake

Wiese & Krohn was founded in 1865 by two young Norwegians cousins, Theodor Wiese and Dankert Krohn.
Since then, the firm has built up an outstanding reputation for its old cask-aged Ports, in particular its ‘Colheitas’ or single harvest tawnies, where it holds reserves of rare wines from the 19th century. 
In this series chef Ricardo Costa from The Yeatman Hotel pairs Krohn Port with several deserts.

Image, Editing - João Cruz
Year - 2022

FLUP OUT FEST

Festival of Music and Performing Arts was organized by the Student Association of the Faculty of Literature. During this festival there were theater performances, concerts and DJ sets.

Image, Sound, Editing - João Cruz
Year - 2014