Gonçalo Almeida (1986) was born and raised in Santiago do Cacém, a small town in the south of Portugal. He studied Graphic Design and worked as a freelancer before moving to London to study at the London Film School in the MA Filmmaking program. His short film “Thursday Night” was part of the official selection of Sundance 2018, won him the Best Director of Horror Shorts Award at Fantastic Fest 2017 and the award for Best Portuguese Short Film in MotelX 2017. In 2019 Gonçalo completed his debut feature film “Keep Me Company” which was screened at Fantastic Fest and had a theatrical release in Portugal. Still in 2019, Gonçalo took part in the team of directors selected for the Talents Programme at the 69th Berlinale Film Festival. In 2020, Gonçalo was awarded the “NICO” award from the Portuguese Cinema Academy. Gonçalo is currently in post-production of his latest short film “The Girl From Saturn” and in pre-production of his second feature film.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
ATOM & VOID (SHORT FILM) 2022
TUDO PARECE PERFEITO (DOCUMENTARY FEATURE) 2022
O MAR (SHORT DOCUMENTARY) 2021
THE GIRL FROM SATURN (SHORT FILM) 2021
KEEP ME COMPANY (FEATURE FILM) 2019
THURSDAY NIGHT (SHORT FILM) 2017
PHANTOM (SHORT FILM) 2017
CONDRONG (SHORT DOCUMENTARY) 2016
MOONCUP (SHORT FILM) 2015
HUM (SHORT FILM) 2015
THE QUIET TIME (SHORT FILM) 2015
SEVERED GARDEN ( SHORT FILM) 2015