In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo(2016)

Does anyone remember the architect António de Macedo?

In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo is a documentary exploring the forgotten legacy of Portuguese filmmaker António de Macedo, the most prolific director of the New Portuguese Cinema movement. Working without state funding, Macedo fearlessly experimented across genres—spaghetti westerns, esoteric allegories, supernatural tales, and science fiction—pushing boundaries throughout his career. His ambitious output and genre-defying approach made him a vital figure in Portuguese cinema during the 1960s through 1980s, yet his contributions faded from cultural memory after he abandoned filmmaking in the 1990s. This film resurrects Macedo's remarkable body of work, examining how an iconoclastic artist navigated the constraints of independent production while refusing to be confined by commercial expectations or critical fashion.