PORTUGAL 2023
Most interesting filmmakers from Portugal, as of March 2023.
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Miguel Gomes was born on 20 February 1972 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for Our Beloved Month of August (2008), Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One (2015) and Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One (2015).- Director
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Rita Azevedo Gomes is known for The Portuguese Woman (2018), Correspondences (2016) and O Trio em Mi Bemol (2022).- Director
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Carlos Conceição is a Portuguese-Angolan filmmaker. He specialized in English Literature of the Romanticism and authored monographs about Frankenstein, Edgar Allan Poe, J. G. Ballard and J. M. Coetzee. He then enrolled at the Lisbon Film School, where he graduated in filmmaking in 2006. In the early years of his career, Carlos created video art, installations and music videos for bands such as Pop Dell'Arte. His first short fiction film "The Flesh" (2010) put him on the map as a talent to watch out for, but it was the short films "Goodnight Cinderella" (2014) and "Bad Bunny" (2017) that established his name as an important new voice in European cinema. After his run at the Cannes Film Festival, his short films have been shown in retrospectives at various venues, including the Cinémathèque Française, the Amiens Film Festival, the Vila do Conde Short Film Festival or SiciliaQueer in Palermo. A compilation of his short fiction was released on DVD in France in 2014 and another in the US in 2023. Carlos Conceição's first feature film, "Serpentarius", premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2019, presenting a more experimental and hybrid style than the short films had anticipated. The sci-fi film was widely praised and circulated around film festivals for several months, receiving numerous awards. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Carlos premiered a medium-length horror film, "Name Above Title" (2020), which became a surprise hit at genre festivals and a favorite among horror fans, winning the prestigious silver Méliès in Strasbourg, competing in Sitges for the gold Méliès and taking the award for best film at the Seville Film Festival. 2022 saw the release of Carlos Conceição's second feature film, "Tommy Guns", at the Locarno Film Festival, where it was awarded the Europa Cinemas Label for Best European Film. It is distributed in the US by Kino Lorber.- Director
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Pedro Costa was born on 30 December 1958 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for Horse Money (2014), Vitalina Varela (2019) and Colossal Youth (2006).- Director
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João Canijo was born on 10 December 1957 in Porto, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for Blood of My Blood (2011), Bad Living (2023) and É o Amor (2013).- Director
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Catarina Vasconcelos is known for The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020), Nocturno para uma floresta (2023) and Metaphor or Sadness Inside Out (2014).- Producer
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Teresa Villaverde was born on 18 May 1966 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is a director and writer, known for Colo (2017), Two Brothers, My Sister (1994) and Transe (2006).- Producer
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Gabriel Abrantes studied at The Cooper Union in New York, ENSBA in Paris and at Le Fresnoy in Tourcoing. His films confront historical, social and political themes through an investigation of post-colonial, gender and identity questions. They layer improbable readings, twisting traditional narratives that flirt with absurdity, folklore, humor, and politics. He lives and works in Lisbon.- Cinematographer
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Leonor Teles was born in 1992 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. Her family has roots in the local Romani community. She graduated in Directing and Cinematography from the National Film School (ESTC) in Lisbon and went on to complete a master's degree in Audiovisual Art and Multimedia. Her student film Rhoma Acans (2012) won awards at a number of festivals incl. Clermont-Ferrand, Munich and IndieLisboa. Her next short film _Balada de um Batráquio (2016(_ was invited into the Official Competition of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Golden Bear award as 'Best Short Film'. She currently works chiefly as a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer.- Animation Department
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Regina Pessoa is known for Uncle Thomas, Accounting for the Days (2019), Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse (2005) and Kali, the Little Vampire (2012).- Director
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Sérgio Tréfaut was born on 23 February 1965 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Rage (2018), Treblinka (2016) and Viagem a Portugal (2011).- Director
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João Salaviza was born on 19 February 1984 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for The Dead and the Others (2018), The Buriti Flower (2023) and Montanha (2015).