Script Development

Parallel to my work as a director and assistant director, I also collaborate as a writer and support other writers in their development processes on both national and international projects. Writing is, next to directing, the most fulfilling aspect of filmmaking for me, in the way it involves giving structure to elusive ideas, while allowing for wide scope of experimentation with both narrative and non-narrative forms.

  • Human Nature, by Mónica Lima (Short Fic.), 2023
    Financial support from ICA, GDA and DFFB, 2022 Portugal
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    Co-writer

    Paraiso, by Magdalena Chmielewska (Fic. Feature), in development
    Financial support for Scriptwriting and Development from ÖFI Austrian Film Institute, 2023
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    Co-writer

    Ungeduld des Herzens, by Lauro Cress (Fic. Feature), in Post-production
    Financial Support Leuchtstoff RBB / DFFB, 2022, Germany
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    Script advisor

    Sentimentos Familiares, by Mónica Lima (Fic. Feature), in development
    Financial support for Writing and Development from ICA, 2018 Portugal;
    Ariadne-dffb Programme for Writing and Development 2019, Germany
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    Co-writer

    Amor Líquido, by Hugo Pedro (Fic. Feature),
    in development
    Financial support for Scriptwriting and Development from ICA, 2020 Portugal
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    Co-writer

    Summer Saturn, by Mónica Lima (Short Fic.), 2017
    Financial support and distribution: German Film and Television Academy Berlin
    Premiere: Curtas Vila do Conde
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    Co-writer

    Speel Reel, by Filipa César (Doc. Feature), 2017
    Financial support for writing and Development from ICA, 2015 Portugal
    Premiere: San Sebastian Film Festival
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    Co-writer (Treatment)

    Viktoria, by Mónica Lima (Short Fic.), 2015
    Financial support and distribution: DFFB / Co-Producer: RBB
    Premiere: Angers Premiers Plan
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    Co-writer

    Mined Soil, by Filipa César (Short. Doc), 2015
    Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam
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    Co-writer

    The silence between two songs, by Mónica Lima (Short Fic.), 2013
    Financial support and distribution: German Film and Television Academy Berlin
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    Co-writer

    O Homem do Tractor, by Gonçalo Branco (Doc. Short), 2012
    Premiere: Doc Lisboa, 2012
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    Co-Writer

  • Writing Cinema Today 2020/2021
    Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian
    with Françoise von Roy

    Oxbelly Writing and Directing Lab 2019 (Sundance/Faliro House)
    with Lucrecia Martel, Jonas Carpignano, Lisa Cholodenko, João Pedro Rodrigues

    Les Arcs Talent Village 2018
    with Thomas Vinterberg