TOBIS
Director Manuel Mozos, Pedro Éfe
Countries Portugal
Duration 47 min
Synopsis
In 1932 begins the construction of what would be the first studio for sound cinema and the only film laboratory in Portugal. "Tobis Portuguesa" portrays the history of a company that has always been devoted to cinema. After its debut film, "the first Portuguese film made by Portuguese", "A Canção de Lisboa", Tobis evolved from the "Golden Age" of Portuguese cinema, to the "New Cinema" period, during the dictatorship and censorship, through the April Revolution. Given the current technological turning point where film tends to disappear, Tobis was forced to develop and equip itself with the latest technology.
In 1932 begins the construction of what would be the first studio for sound cinema and the only film laboratory in Portugal. "Tobis Portuguesa" portrays the history of a company that has always been devoted to cinema. After its debut film, "the first Portuguese film made by Portuguese", "A Canção de Lisboa", Tobis evolved from the "Golden Age" of Portuguese cinema, to the "New Cinema" period, during the dictatorship and censorship, through the April Revolution. Given the current technological turning point where film tends to disappear, Tobis was forced to develop and equip itself with the latest technology.