A film director, her work gravitates around two central themes, Portuguese migrations and women's voices.
The film works To my parents. (2018), Descriptive Memory (2020) and Places of Absence (2021), which are part of what she calls the Emigration Cycle, address migratory fragments through observations, memories, times and archives. In 2023 she completed her first feature film, As Melusinas à margem do rio, where she addresses the fragmented identities of immigrant daughters in Luxembourg. It premiered at Doclisboa and was thrice awarded, with the HBO Max Award for Best Film in the Portuguese Competition, the Fernando Lopes Award for Best First Portuguese Feature Film and the ETIC Schools Award for Best Feature Film in the Portuguese Competition. The film toured several festivals nationwide and had its international premiere at FIDMarseille.
In 2023, she is one of the four Portuguese directors chosen to be part of The Factory program of the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, that aims the emergence of new talent on the international scene by enabling eight newly trained young filmmakers to co-direct a film.
A feminist activist, she also develops several investigations and artworks around cinema and women, especially in the Portuguese context. Since 2021 she is part of Porto/Post/Doc - Film & Media Festival, being the programmer and coordinator of its educational program.
She graduated in Cinema and Audiovisual by Escola Superior Artística do Porto in 2018, completed a training in Documentary Cinema by Instituto de Produção Cultural e Imagem in 2019, and got her Master 's Degree in Cinema by Universidade da Beira Interior in 2021.
FILMOGRAPHY
*Aos meus pais. (To my parents.) - 2018, 29'
Doclisboa (PT) – Green Years Special Jury Award; Vistacurta 2018 (PT); Porto Femme International Women’s Film Festival (PT); ASTRA Sibiu International Film Festival (RO); Caminhos do Cinema Português (PT)
*Nos Jardins do Barrocal (In the Gardens of Barrocal) – 2019, 31’
Porto/Post/Doc (PT); Arquiteturas Film Festival (PT); Vistacurta (PT)
*Memória Descritiva (Descriptive Memory) – 2020, 10’
Doclisboa (PT); Porto/Post/Doc (PT); Caminhos do Cinema Português (PT); XXI Encontros do Cinema Português (PT)
*Lugares de Ausência (Places of Absence) - 2021, 27’
Doclisboa (PT); Porto/Post/Doc (PT); Sophia Estudante Academia Portuguesa de Cinema (PT) - 2nd place for Best Master and Doctorate Short Film; UBICinema (PT) - Best Master’s Film Award, Best Poster Award; VIII Congresso da APA - Mostra de Antropologia de Cinema (PT); Arquiteturas Film Festival - Emerging Talent Award; Vistacurta (PT); Cinenova Festival de Cinema Interuniversitário - National Competition Special Mention
*As Melusinas à margem do rio (The Melusines at the edge of the river) - 2023, 82’
Doclisboa (PT) - Awards: HBO Max Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film, Fernando Lopes Award – Midas Filmes and Doclisboa Award for Best Portuguese First Film, Schools Award ETIC for Best Portuguese Competition Film; Porto/Post/Doc (PT); Porto Femme International Women’s Film Festival (PT) - Best Documentary in National Competition Award; Doc Alliance Award 2024; FIDMarseille (FR); MDOC Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival (PT); Vistacurta (PT);