Tomás Paiva Ferreira
Birth : 1998-10-26, Coimbra, Portugal
History
Tomás Ferreira is a Portuguese filmmaker, working to establish himself as a writer-director.
Tomás Ferreira’s passion for writing soon developed during his bachelor degree at Lisbon Theater and Film School, where he matured his storytelling voice through specialization on Screenwriting and Editing, before going onto his first director endeavors in 2021, during his Masters in Film Directing at the University of South Wales in the UK (Cardiff).
In May 2020, “Alone Voices”, his short documentary reflecting over life during the first pandemic lock down was promoted by the Portuguese film critic, João Lopes. In 2020, he also co-written a short film accepted for a creative supporting programme at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. In 2021 and 2022, he wrote and directed as well as edited three new short films, two of them undergoing submissions for film festivals.
Editor
Abroad at the time of her death, a grandson returns to revisit the house of his late grandmother, now occupied by another family. A reflection on the love for a home where one grew up and yet made by a grandmother missing another life, in another house, in another country.
Screenplay
Abroad at the time of her death, a grandson returns to revisit the house of his late grandmother, now occupied by another family. A reflection on the love for a home where one grew up and yet made by a grandmother missing another life, in another house, in another country.
Director
Abroad at the time of her death, a grandson returns to revisit the house of his late grandmother, now occupied by another family. A reflection on the love for a home where one grew up and yet made by a grandmother missing another life, in another house, in another country.
Self
Abroad at the time of her death, a grandson returns to revisit the house of his late grandmother, now occupied by another family. A reflection on the love for a home where one grew up and yet made by a grandmother missing another life, in another house, in another country.
Editor
Alex is a young woman diagnosed with an incurable illness. When a party is thrown for her by her best friend Jordan, seeing it as a chance to say a last goodbye, Alex inexplicably leaves overwhelmed. We follow Jordan as she finds Alex on their favourite nature hideaway and tries to understand her friend's reason for seeking solitude.
Director
Alex is a young woman diagnosed with an incurable illness. When a party is thrown for her by her best friend Jordan, seeing it as a chance to say a last goodbye, Alex inexplicably leaves overwhelmed. We follow Jordan as she finds Alex on their favourite nature hideaway and tries to understand her friend's reason for seeking solitude.
Editor
Julia, an impaired elderly lady left to take care of her grandson as her daughter goes to work, faces a big decision when accidentally dropping her grandson’s only edible food: help the starving toddler using her new crutches to find food outside or in her selfishness, refuse to use them out of shame.
Screenplay
Julia, an impaired elderly lady left to take care of her grandson as her daughter goes to work, faces a big decision when accidentally dropping her grandson’s only edible food: help the starving toddler using her new crutches to find food outside or in her selfishness, refuse to use them out of shame.
Director
Julia, an impaired elderly lady left to take care of her grandson as her daughter goes to work, faces a big decision when accidentally dropping her grandson’s only edible food: help the starving toddler using her new crutches to find food outside or in her selfishness, refuse to use them out of shame.
Director
On Halloween night, in a women’s shelter, 7-year-old Lynn sulks about missing her old house and dares to leave her mother’s bed in a tantrum, hurting her. Separated and alone, the young girl re-encounters fear as witness of the asleep victims' nightmares, while Alice, her mother, dangerously ponders about calling back her husband so to give Lynn her family again…
Screenplay
On Halloween night, in a women’s shelter, 7-year-old Lynn sulks about missing her old house and dares to leave her mother’s bed in a tantrum, hurting her. Separated and alone, the young girl re-encounters fear as witness of the asleep victims' nightmares, while Alice, her mother, dangerously ponders about calling back her husband so to give Lynn her family again…
Editor
On Halloween night, in a women’s shelter, 7-year-old Lynn sulks about missing her old house and dares to leave her mother’s bed in a tantrum, hurting her. Separated and alone, the young girl re-encounters fear as witness of the asleep victims' nightmares, while Alice, her mother, dangerously ponders about calling back her husband so to give Lynn her family again…
