THE COOP

NARRATIVE, 15MIN, USA, 2022

Santiago embarks on a journey from a chicken farm to an illegal techno club. By documenting everything with a camera, he obsesses over the unexpected similarities between both worlds.

Awards

IATSE, International Cinematographers Guild

2023 Emerging Cinematographer Award, highlighting the work of the DOP Brook Karner.

FESTIVALS

New York Portuguese Short-Film Festival:

- Premiered at the Lincoln Film Center in New York, USA;

- Camões Angola - Cooperação, Cultura e Língua, Luanda, Angola;

- Camões Centro Cultural Pólo do Mindelo, Cape Verde

- Casa Garden, Fundação oriente, Macau

Caminhos do Cinema Português, Coimbra, Portugal;

The Foreigners

DOCUMENTARY, 11MIN, PORTUGAL, 2018

The discovery of Vido, a place on the northern border of Portugal, where melancholy dictates the fate of people. A story about the bravery of leaving and the resilience of staying.

FESTIVALS

Winner of Altominho Storytelling competition, 2019;

- Frames, Portuguese Film Festival, 2018 (Estocolmo, Sweden);
- Caminhos Film Festival, 2018 (Coimbra, Portugal);
- Córtex International Short Film Festival, 2018 (Sintra, Portugal);
- Shortcutz Leiria, 2020 (Leiria, Portugal);
Mostras:
- Cinema no Estendal, 2018 (Lisboa, Portugal);
- Mostra de Primeiras Curtas no Candelabro, 2020 (Porto, Portugal);
- Films from the South, 2020 (Thessaloniki, Grécia);
- Desafio da Time Out: uma curta por dia, 2021 (Online);
- Festival A Porta, 2021 (Leiria, Portugal);