Nuno Escudeiro

FILMMAKER

Nuno Escudeiro (1986, Portugal) is an Bolzano-based filmmaker and media artist with an MA in Media Studies and a specialization in Documentary Film Directing from ZeLIG. His debut feature documentary The Valley (2019) received the Emerging International Filmmaker Award at Hot Docs Toronto and was screened internationally in collaboration with the United Nations Human Rights Council, Arte, Public Sénat, International Commission of Jurists, among others. His media art practice includes sound walks, augmented reality installations in public space, and expanded documentary projects. He has worked as a diploma film directing supervisor at ZeLIG Film School and is developing a practice as dramaturg and script consultant. His work has been presented at BFI London Film Festival, Hot Docs Toronto, IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Uppsala Short Film Festival, Les Arcs, DOK.fest München, DocPoint Helsinki, Festival d'Avignon, Dublin Fringe and many others.

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FILMOGRAPHY - A SELECTION

  • 2023 | Death of a Mountain (37′) | Mid-length Documentary | France/Portugal | Presented at IndieLisboa (Portugal), Uppsala Short Film Festival (Sweden), CineEco (Portugal), Cervino CineMountain (Italy), Voci dei Boschi (Italy) |  Awards: Best Portuguese Film (FICS, Santarém, Portugal); Anthropocene Muse Award (Trento Film Festival, Italy)
  • 2023 | Remember How Spring | Sound Walk | Part of Weigh Station Call Award (Bolzano, Italy)
  • 2022 | Ende Neu | Video for dance show | Choreographed and Directed by Veronika Riz | Original Music by Matthew Herbert | Presented at Wege durch das Land (Germany) and Eppan (Italy)
  • 2019 | The Valley (75′) | Feature-Length Documentary | France/Italy | Presented at BFI London Film Festival (UK), DocPoint Helsinki (Finland), DOK.fest München (Germany), Les Arcs (France), and other international festivals | Awards: Reporters Sans Frontières pour les Droits Humains (FIGRA, France); Emerging International Filmmaker Award (Hot Docs Toronto, Canada); BNL Gruppo BNP Paribas Award (Visioni dal Mondo, Italy)
  • 2017 | Life story mandalas / Conversations with the edge | Video installation | In collective exhibition Voices part of Desert Fringe Festival (Australia) and Helina Rautavaara museum (Espoo, Finland)
  • 2016 | Moon Europa (72′) | Feature-Length Documentary | Finland/Sweden | Presented at IndieLisboa (Portugal), DOK.fest München (Germany), CineEco Seia (Portugal), Poitiers Film Festival (France)
  • 2016 | Utopia Ltd.| Documentary Theater | Ireland/Finland |  Co-Creator and Producer | Presented at Cork Midsummer Festival (Ireland) and Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival (Ireland)

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