Director：Perdo COSTA

Born in Lisbon, COSTA left his course of studies in history to attend classes taught by the poet and filmmaker António REIS at the Lisbon Film School. His first film "Blood" had its world premiere at the Mostra Cinematografica di Venezia, Settimana della Critica, in 1989. "Casa de Lava," his second feature, shot in Cabo Verde, screened in Cannes' Un Certain Regard setion in 1994. The following "Ossos" was awarded an Osella d'Oro at the Venice International Film Festival, in 1997. His other feature films include "No quarto da Vanda" (In Vanda's room), “Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?" - on the work of Danièle HUILLET and Jean- Marie STRAUB, "Colossal Youth" which premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 and "Change Nothing,” with Jeanne Balibar, at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in 2009. “Horse Money" was awarded the Leopard for Best Direction at the Locarno Film Festival in 2014. "Vitalina Varela" won the Golden Leopard and the Best Actress Prize at the same festival in 2019. His most recent film, the short "The Daughters of Fire," was presented in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.