Luís Costa

Luís Costa

Nacimiento : , Porto, Portugal

Historia

Luís Costa (1993) was born in Porto, Portugal. In 2014 he obtained his bachelor degree in Sound and Image, at the School of Arts of the Catholic University of Porto. As a young director, he worked on several projects in the audiovisual area, and his two academic short films were recognised in several national and international festivals. He has also develops parallel projects on photography and videoclips, among others. He co-founded and works as a director at Pinehouse Concerts. In 2017, 'The Everlasting Man' premiered and was recognised with the Sophia award for best documentary short film by the Portuguese Film Academy. 'Our Kingdom', his latest short film based on the novel by Valter Hugo Mãe, is currently in distribuition and won several awards. Recently, he co-founded a film production company in Porto, in which he is developing several projects in different positions, from production to script writing. Currently, he is post-producing his two next short films, making a documentary series on photography and writing his first feature film.

Perfil

Luís Costa
Luís Costa

Películas

Saturno
Writer
The story of Caveirinha, a humble fisherman who lives in a difficult social situation. Immediately after the death of his son at sea, he faces the challenge of burying him with dignity.
Saturno
Producer
The story of Caveirinha, a humble fisherman who lives in a difficult social situation. Immediately after the death of his son at sea, he faces the challenge of burying him with dignity.
Saturno
Director
The story of Caveirinha, a humble fisherman who lives in a difficult social situation. Immediately after the death of his son at sea, he faces the challenge of burying him with dignity.
At Sixteen
Producer
What do you do with the desire that is just awakening? At dance performances, in concerts, during sports, while skating, eyes are searching and bodies are exposed. Each space possesses its own choreography, its own music. Almost without words desire and rejection, hope and disappointment become tangible.
At Sixteen
Screenplay
What do you do with the desire that is just awakening? At dance performances, in concerts, during sports, while skating, eyes are searching and bodies are exposed. Each space possesses its own choreography, its own music. Almost without words desire and rejection, hope and disappointment become tangible.
Lethes
Director of Photography
There is a village in the mountain and a house in the village, where Ema repeats gestures and tasks: she takes care of her grandmother, walks, reads, waits. Until one day the cycle breaks: what happened in the mountain house?
Our Kingdom
Dialogue
In a village where time and space run out, a child dwells in the death vortex.
Our Kingdom
Writer
In a village where time and space run out, a child dwells in the death vortex.
Our Kingdom
Director
In a village where time and space run out, a child dwells in the death vortex.
Ursula
Color Grading
Over the dark and barren landscapes of a city somewhere in the Arctic Circle, we hear the story of a man who dreamed he was a woman, an oneiric reverie that allows him to be in two opposite places at the same time. It is a beautiful metaphor, as well as a eulogy, about accepting what seems illogical, instead of looking for meaning, one that finds comfort in the darkness and restlessness that disturbs sleep, turning it into a space for the subconscious to rise
Slope
Editor
And then, a house will appear to be waiting you: as in a slope, this is a leaning story on the memory of places and things, on returns and new beginnings.
Slope
Colorist
And then, a house will appear to be waiting you: as in a slope, this is a leaning story on the memory of places and things, on returns and new beginnings.
The Everlasting Man
Editor
Bernardino Fernandes emigrated to Canada in the sixties. Over two decades he filmed hundreds of Super 8 reels, organizing them methodically and obsessively. The Everlasting Man ends an old process, transforming Bernardino's urge of cinema into a film about the images of his memory.
The Everlasting Man
Director
Bernardino Fernandes emigrated to Canada in the sixties. Over two decades he filmed hundreds of Super 8 reels, organizing them methodically and obsessively. The Everlasting Man ends an old process, transforming Bernardino's urge of cinema into a film about the images of his memory.
Pena Fria
Screenplay
A man from a village in the interior of portugal is back to visit the family that is left. But the true reasons for his return are not clear.
Pena Fria
Director
A man from a village in the interior of portugal is back to visit the family that is left. But the true reasons for his return are not clear.
Fontelonga
Cinematography
Fontelonga is a village of Trás-os-Montes, in the interior of Portugal. A mirror of exile in the eyes of their own people. A reflexion where memory is the last object of beauty and redemption.
Fontelonga
Director
Fontelonga is a village of Trás-os-Montes, in the interior of Portugal. A mirror of exile in the eyes of their own people. A reflexion where memory is the last object of beauty and redemption.
A Luz Era uma Pausa
Screenplay
New film by Luís Costa, based on the novel 'Grito' by Rui Nunes.
A Luz Era uma Pausa
Producer
New film by Luís Costa, based on the novel 'Grito' by Rui Nunes.
A Luz Era uma Pausa
Director
New film by Luís Costa, based on the novel 'Grito' by Rui Nunes.