Miguel Gaudêncio

Nascimento : , Maputo, Mozambique

História

Born in Mozambique and raised in Portugal, director Miguel Gaudencio had made more than two hundred music videos by the age of 30. He has earned many awards: Try Again, for example, won the SOL TV Music Video award for the best music video of the year 2000. By 2001 advertising agencies were lining up to utilize Miguel's talent and he began shooting commercials for leading multi-national clients such as McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Mercedes. By 2003 Miguel was working right across Europe; he has now directed commercials for a stable agency's across the continent and beyond, including Poland, Germany, Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania and North of Africa (Maroco and Tunisia). In 2004 Miguel directed his first short-feature, "The Hole", a 30-minute film that was the standout work in a ten-part Christmas-story special aired on Portuguese television. As his commercial work continued to go from strength to strength, Miguel directed his second 30-minute feature, a taught psycho-sexual thriller, "Same Room Same Time", in 2006. In 2008 Miguel directed his first full-length feature film, "Second Life". With an international all-star celebrity cast (Piotr Adamczyk, Liliana Santos, Claudia Vieira) the film was the biggest production budget in Portuguese cinema history, an eight-week shoot on location in Portugal and Italy. The film is the most commercially successful Portuguese film in the first six months of 2009. In 2010 Miguel directed the first ever Polish feature documentary, "Desire for Beauty", on the issues of beauty and self-perception. The making of the film Desire for Beauty attracted a number of renowned members of Polish social scene (Piotr Najsztub, Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz, Maria Czubaszek) and found solid support in the professional opinions of the country's top experts in various fields - from psychology to the fashion industry. The film stars Agata Kulesza and was released in the cinemas during the spring of 2013. The film has been released worldwide during 2014 through Kinonation, an industry leader in VOD distribution, and it's now available on a series of platforms which include Hulu, Amazon Prime and IndieFlix, just to say a few. "Down, But Not Out!" and "No Excuses", both documentaries (shot simultaneous during the summer of 2014) are a personal approach to the world of feminine sport. "Down, But Not Out!" follows four amateur women boxers as they step into the ring for the first time and "No Excuses" captures imagery in a Crossfit atmosphere set to a diversified selection of commentators on gender equality. Both films will be available in selected cinemas and VOD outlets starting the spring of 2015.

Filmes

Just Girls
Just Girls
Director
Set between conservative and growingly anti-LGBTQ Poland, versus the multi coloured and cosmopolitan universe of Berlin, Germany, Just Girls allows us to witness the daily life choices, of three Polish women as they daily defy intolerance while they pursue their dreams of inner happiness.
Offside
Offside
Director
Offside captures the commitment, passion and comradery of a female Polish football team during their gruelling, but critical pre-season training as their coach, sets the foundation for the new season ahead by pushing them to new limits.
Tattoo Girls
Tattoo Girls
Script
Tattoo girls is a memoir of life as it is and of women as they are. A window to the lives of seven women from the same city where nothing is exactly as it seems and reality is often hidden behind illusions. It's a female centric-film showcasing about a group of ordinary women (within a range of ages), and their different styles of daily life, showcasing their stories and the impact they have on society as real, everyday women. We are living in a era of the importance and empowerment of women throughout the world, and this documentary aims to convey ideas and topics to be felt, absorbed and discussed.
Tattoo Girls
Tattoo Girls
Director
Tattoo girls is a memoir of life as it is and of women as they are. A window to the lives of seven women from the same city where nothing is exactly as it seems and reality is often hidden behind illusions. It's a female centric-film showcasing about a group of ordinary women (within a range of ages), and their different styles of daily life, showcasing their stories and the impact they have on society as real, everyday women. We are living in a era of the importance and empowerment of women throughout the world, and this documentary aims to convey ideas and topics to be felt, absorbed and discussed.
Down, But Not Out!
Down, But Not Out!
Director
The twenty four hours of four amateur women boxers as they step for the first time into the ring.
Desire for Beauty
Desire for Beauty
Writer
Quatro pessoas submetem-se a operações plásticas. As suas aparências vão mudar. Será que o mesmo vai acontecer às suas vidas? Docudrama filmado na Polónia do cineasta português, Miguel Gaudêncio, em que as ilusões de perfeição e contentamento da nossa sociedade são questionadas.
Desire for Beauty
Desire for Beauty
Director
Quatro pessoas submetem-se a operações plásticas. As suas aparências vão mudar. Será que o mesmo vai acontecer às suas vidas? Docudrama filmado na Polónia do cineasta português, Miguel Gaudêncio, em que as ilusões de perfeição e contentamento da nossa sociedade são questionadas.
Second Life
Second Life
Director
Nicholas comemora o seu 40º aniversário na sua casa de campo lá no Alentejo com Sara, sua mulher há 8 anos, dois casais amigos e uma jovem e sensual atriz, Raquel. Nicholas tem tudo o que sempre desejou e vive uma vida tranquila. Durante a noite do seu aniversário, descobriremos as profissões, os segredos, as paixões, os vícios, as traições e as ambições de cada um dos personagens. Eis que, quando menos se espera, Nicholas surge morto boiando na piscina. A partir deste momento, assistiremos a duas versões da história desta vida: Uma onde Nicholas jaz morto na piscina e a polícia irá desvendar o mistério da sua morte, trazendo à verdade as traições, os segredos, as mentiras, as verdades de todos os personagens e se descobre a natureza da morte de Nicholas; Outra onde vemos Nicholas, noutro país, noutra vida, com outra mulher e com filhos, outra atividade, outro comportamento, mas o mesmo aniversário...