Gonçalo Viana

At the age of 11, he watched Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ for the first time. It was then that he better understood what cinema was and what fascinated him so much about it. 14 years later he decided it was the only thing he wanted to do. He lived in Romania and Poland, where he developed his sense of observation and creativity. He returned to Lisbon to study cinema at Universidade Lusófona, where he studied writing and directing. He has made several award-winning short films and has been selected for various national and international festivals.
His last film it’s “The Displeasure of Dying in Winter”, his most personal and intimate. He wanted to film it for the love of cinema, for the love of his grandparents and as a reminder of respect and gratitude to all the grandparents of Monchique.

Filmography

Director of several short films, in Poland, Portugal and Italy, winning a prize for best short at the festival CinemadaMare in Italy and part of the “Giornata degli Autori” Jury, at Venice film festival in 2017.

Empty – Wroclaw 2015
Just wait – Wroclaw 2016
Swimming Lesson – Lisbon 2017
Hanging Over – Nova Siri 2017
Unleashed – Matera 2017
Anyone paints – Lisbon 2018
Sofia – Lisbon 2019
Just another love story – Lisbon 2019
The Displeasure of Dying in Winter – Monchique, 2023