BIOGRAPHY
Frederico Cordeiro Ferreira is a Portuguese film director and photographer. Adopting a poetic style as his defining feature, he prioritises composition over artifice, and has explored themes such as the human relationship with the time-space duality, rural life and nostalgia, possible unintentional autobiographical notes.

EDUCATION
2017: professional specialization course in film directing (World Academy, PRT)
2013: professional specialization course in screenwriting (Escrever Escrever, PRT)
2008: degree in Agronomics (E.S.A. Santarém, PRT)
2004: course in human figure drawing (Artmarma, PRT)

FILMOGRAPHY
2026: birds, with Inês Condeço (music video; direction)
2024: Vegetalidade (short film; fiction; screenplay, direction, production)
MAIN SELECTIONS
Beijing International Short Film Festival 2024, CHI
CineEco – International Environmental Film Festival of Serra da Estrela 2024; PRT
FILMIN - Revoluções Curtas 2025; PRT
MAIN AWARDS
Mexico City Animal and Environmental Int. Film Festival 2025, MEX - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Detour - Low Budget and Experimental Cinema 2025, PRT - WINNER
Cineuphoria Awards 2026, PRT - BEST DIRECTION
2024: limbo music film, with Inês Condeço (direction)
2024: Vagar (Wander), documentary short film (screenplay, direction, production)
2019: Flumen, fiction short film (screenplay, direction, production)
MAIN SELECTIONS
Córtex – Festival de Curtas-Metragens de Sintra 2019; PRT
Cinemax Curtas RTP 2020; PRT
2016: Luto Branco (short film; fiction; screenplay, direction, production)
MAIN SELECTIONS
Cinemax Curtas RTP 2017; PRT
MAIN AWARDS
Shortcutz Viseu 2016, PRT - FILM OF THE MONTH
Farcume - Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de Faro 2016, PRT - HONORABLE MENTION
Cineuphoria Awards 2017, PRT - TOP 10 SHORT FILMS, TOP AUDIENCE AWARDS
2014: Remissão Completa (short film; fiction; screenplay)
MAIN SELECTIONS
Cannes Film Festival - Short Film Corner 2014; FRA
MAIN AWARDS
Arouca Film Festival, POR - BEST SCREENPLAY AND BEST FILM - AUDIENCE AWARD
Cineuphoria Awards 2015, PRT - TOP 10 SHORT FILMS OF THE YEAR

EXHIBITION
2026: Festival de Arronches, PRT; collective
2025: After Silence by Lisbon Art Office, Verride Palácio Santa Catarina, Lisboa, PRT; collective
2025: BIALE – Alentejo International Biennial, Estremoz, PRT; collective
2024: Coruche Arts Biennial, PRT; collective
2024: Coletivo Corrente de Ar, Beato Innovation District, Lisboa, PRT; collective
2024: Casa do Comum, Lisboa, PRT; solo
2023: Um Poema na Vila, Coruche, PRT; collective
2005: Coruche Arts Biennial, Coruche, PRT; collective

ART RESIDENCIES
2024: Coruche Arts Biennial, Coruche, PRT

WRITING
2015: author included in “Unpublished Authors Poetry Yearbook” (Assírio & Alvim)

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