2012
GYPSY
Director, writer
David & Golias / MC · ICA Portuguese Film Council / RTP Portuguese National TV channel (PT)
Status: in post-production
2010
EDEN
(1'17“, HDV)
Director, writer, producer, distributor
TOM Foundation, Amsterdam NE
- Winner of Best Film:
Renderyard One Minute Challenge Film Festival
Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto/Canada
The One Minutes Awards Film Festival, NL
SHORTCUTZ Film Festival, Lisbon
Primeiras Film Festival & Video Art, Lisbon
City One Minutes Lisbon Film Festival: pre-selected for World Expo 2010 Shanghai
8th Long Night of Short Films Festival, PT
Andalusian Audiovisual Arts Festival ES
Porto7 - Oporto International Short Film Festival
VHS Basement: Projector Nights Film Festival, UK
Advertising Life 2010: 20 years of freedom!? - Slovakia
FUSO Anual de Video Arte Internacional de Lisboa 2010
Worldwide distribution with Renderyard Film Agency
2010
SIR KEN ADAM’S 60th BERLINALE BIRTHDAY STATEMENT
(HD)
Director
60th Berlinale Internationale Filmfestspiele GmbH (DE)
2009
HUMAN SKIN
(Feature Film)
Screenwriter and author of original idea
- in development -
2009
L’ARC-EN-CIEL (Arch In The Sky)
(20’,HD)
Director, writer, co-producer
Gulbenkian Foundation / David & Golias / RTP2 Portuguese National TV channel (PT)
- Best Actress Award:
Mostralíngua Portuguese Language International Film Festival
- Honourable Mention:
38th Festival der Nationen, Ebensee / Austria
- David Bonneville’s shorts retrospective:
SeLFF Seoul International Film Festival, South Korea
Portobello London Film Festival UK
Faial Filmes Fest - Azores Film Festival
7th Quest Europe International Authors' Film Festival, Poland
Festival Curtas-metragens em Flagrante, itinerant/Portugal
Primeiras Film Festival, Lisbon
30th Fantasporto International Fantastic Film Festival
Buenos Aires Festival de Cine de Temática Sexual
Cordoba International Film Festival: IDEM, Spain
Quito International Erotic Film Festival
Hong Kong InDPanda International Film Festival
Milan I’ve Seen Films International Film Festival
Bilbao International Film Festival Zinegoak
Budapest International Film Festival: BUSHO
Lisbon Internacional Queer Fim Festival
Porto7 - Oporto International Short Film Festival
La Paz International Film Festival, Bolivia
London Network Film Festival
Montevideo Ibero-American conferences 2010, Uruguay
Short Sundays Film Festival
London Soho Picture House
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival – short film market
Mostra 09- ESTGM / Mirandela Town Council - invited film
Programmed TV premiere on RTP2 channel (Portuguese state channel)
2008
HEIKO
(13’, S8mm & 16mm)
Director, writer, production designer, editor, co-distributor
Gulbenkian Foundation (PT)
- Best Short Film Award:
24th Copenhagen Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- Special Mention:
10th Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, USA
- David Bonneville’s shorts retrospective:
SeLFF - Seoul International Film Festival, South Korea
58th Berlin International Film Festival:
invited director to the Berlinale Talent Campus
RUSHES Soho International Film Festival, London
Manchester European KinoFilm Festival
New York Rochester ImageOut Film Festival
Paris Chéries-Chéris International Film Festival
Montpellier Amadis Festival du Film
IndieLisbon International Film Festival
São Paulo’s Mix Brazil Film Festival
Hong Kong, InDPanda International Short Film Festival
Toronto InsideOut Film Festival
Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Turin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Transylvania International Film Festival
Mix Milano Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Cultural Panorama Film Festival
Hanover Perlen-Filmfest
London's East End Film Festival, UK
Cardiff’s Iris Prize Festival
Dublin’s Gaze Film Festival
Festival del Sol, Canary Islands
Festival del Mar, Ibiza e Majorca
Tel Aviv TLVFEST International Film Festival
Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (with the support from Instituto Camões)
Vinokino Film Festival, Finland
Amsterdam Roze Film Festival
Thai Short Film & Video Festival
QueerLisbon International Film Festival
Brisbane Queer Film Festival
Athens Outview Film Festival, Greece
Czech Mezipatra Film Festival
Krakow AMDL International Film Festival, Poland
Chile’s Cine 2.0 Film Festival
Quito International Erotic Film Festival, Ecuador
Colombian Tour Ciclo Rosa: Bogota, Medellín, Barranquilha and Cali
Llamale H Film Festival, Uruguay
Kota 2023 Festival of Short Minimalist Films, Macedónia
Zoom Zbizenia International Film Festival, Poland
Brussels Pink Screens Alternative Film Festival
St. Petersburg Beginning Film Festival, Russia
Bratislava Early Melons International Film Festival, Slovakia
Filmul de Piatra, Romania - special section Umbre
Imago Festival Internacional de Cinema Jovem
Austin International Film Festival, Texas, USA
Festival de la Luna, Valencia/Spain
Merlinka Film Festival, Belgrade/ Serbia
Filmovy festival Inakosti, Bratislava/Slovákia
Indonesia’s Q! Film Festival
Mumbai Kashish International Film Festival
Danish Cinemateque/Kulturopa selection for the Portuguese Film Week in Copenhagen
New expressions in Portuguese films - Official Master in Communication Design & Art Direction, UPF, Barcelona
Uruguayan Cinemateque selection for the Gulbenkian Foundation Film week, Montevideo
Cape Verde – Selected for the 150th anniversary celebration festival of Praia, Santiago Island
Kino RollenWechsel CineK– short film screened before feature (June 2009)
Mostra 08 - Technology and Management School of Mirandela / Mirandela Town Council - invited film
DVD launch and distribution in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH
DVD launch and distribution in the United Kingdom by Peccadillo Pictures
2007
PHOTOMOTION
(60“,HDV)
Director, writer, camera, editor
TOM Foundation, Amsterdam / Gulbenkian Foundation (PT)
- David Bonneville’s shorts retrospective:
SeLFF - Seoul International Film Festival, South Korea
New York Zero Film Festival, USA
Los Angeles Zero Film Festival, USA
The One Minutes Rio de Janeiro
The One Minutes São Paulo
Encontros de Viana VIII Film and Video Festival
Renderyard One Minute Challenge Film Festival
Belgian One Minutes Open Festival, Ghent
Festival do Minuto Brasil, Brasília, Curitiba, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
Advertising Life 2010: 20 years of freedom!? - Slovakia
Worldwide distribution with Renderyard Film Agency
2007
THE BALCONY
(7’,DVCAM) based on the poetic prose by Filipa Leal
Director, cinematographer
Foundation for the Sciences and Development / Campo Alegre Theatre (PT)
Exclusively produced for the monthly ‘Quintas de Leitura’ Poetry Venue at the Campo Alegre Theatre, Porto
Exhibited as video installation at the Japan Pecha Kucha Night Porto, Casa do Conto Guest House
2005
MAQUETTE
(5’33”,DV)
Director, writer, co-producer
Katada Films (ES)
- Honourable Mention:
QuickFlickWorld International Film Festival, Barcelona
Showcased in Berlin, London and São Paulo
Video installation at GALGB Contemporary Art Gallery - Porto and Lisbon
L'Alternativa - Barcelona Independent Film Festival
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival Market
2004
LE DÉJEUNER RÉPÉTER
(2’30”,DVCAM)
Moebius TV (ES)
Director, writer, camera
Exclusively produced for and shown on the BoingBoingBuddhah TV programme nº136 - B.TV (Barcelona TV channel)
MULTIMEDIA, TELEVISION and DISTRIBUTION
2011
Digital production assistant at the BBC (UK)
2010/2011
PA and AD at GENIUM for BBC serial (UK)
2009
Pre-Cannes Film Festival assistant at HANWAY FILMS London (UK)
2008
Cameraman (London) of news and reports for S.I.C. TV channel (UK)
2005/07
Product manager for fiction feature films and serials for dvd distribution Selecta Vision/ UNIVERSAL PICTURES (ES)
2004
ENG - Scriptwriter, interviewer and presenter - of Infos Idiomes B.TV – BARCELONA TELEVISION (ES)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
2009
Casting assistant for Brand vision Unilever advert at EVIDENTLY (UK)
2008
Location manager assistant in Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe ARTEMIS PRODUCTIONS (BE) (UK correspondent)
Winner of the SACD award at the CANNES Film Festival
2004
1st Assistant in McDonald’s Mediterranean salad advert directed by Augusto de Fraga RCR FILMS (ES)
2004
2nd Assistant in McDonald’s McSalad Plus advert directed by Daniel Benmayor RCR FILMS (ES)
2004
2nd Assistant in Ponto Verde - Eco Spot advert directed by Daniel Benmayor RCR FILMS (ES)
2004
2nd Assistant in XTVL advert (8’,HDCAM) by Hug Codinach Xarxa Televisions Locals/ EL TERRAT (ES)
2004
Prod. Assistant in Pastillas de Freno music clip by the Estopa directed by Monferrer EL TERRAT (ES)
2004
Script supervisor in MACBA’s 10th anniversary advert (2’,16mm) directed by Andres Duque PIRAMIDE (ES)
2003
1st Assistant in I’m Never Where You Think I Am (20’,35mm) by Jorge Cramez AR de FILMES (PT)
2003
3rd Assistant in Lagardère (period TVmovie,16mm) by Henri Helman TELFRANCE / CANAL +/ ANIMATÓGRAFO II (PT)
2002
Cannes Palme d’Or winner Manoel de Oliveira’s assistant in A Talking Picture (96’,35mm) GEMNINI Films (FR) / MADRAGOA FILMES (PT)
Assistant to actors
John MALKOVICH,
Catherine DENEUVE, Irene PAPAS, Stefania SANDRELLI, Leonor SILVEIRA
Official Selection in competition VENICE Film Festival
2002
Coach to actress Christine Chansou for feature film project GÉMINI FILMS (FR)
2001
Casting assistant in A Film Without a Story (29’,B-camSP) by Pedro Cruz European Capital of Culture PORTO2001 (PT)
2000
1st assistant to video artist Douglas Gordon in Feature Film (video installation) MACS (PT) / ARTANGEL (UK)
ART DEPARTMENT
2008
Production designer in Heiko (13' 16mm) GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION (PT)
2004
Art department daily in Fragile by Jaume Balagueró (93’,35mm) FILMAX (ES)
2004
Art department assistant in H2Ombre by Augusto de Fraga (15’,16mm) RCR FILMS (ES)
TRANSLATION and JOURNALISM
2010
Translator and subtitling for feature films (English / Spanish / Freench / Catalan/ Portuguese) TAKEMAKER
2010
Collaborator in DRAMA · film magazine focusing on screenwriting and auteur film topics (UK correspondent)
2006
Interviewer to director Manoel Oliveira on Spanish première of Magic Mirror MICEC II (ES)
2004
Translator, writer, proof-reader at IDEAR creativos de la comunicacion (ES)
2002/03
Film critic for bilingual arts magazine LATITUDES CAHIERS LUSOPHONES (FR)
1999/04
Film critic for digital cinema magazine C de CRITICA (PT/ ES/ FR)
LECTURER
2007/10
‘On the way to the perfect shot: the synergies in film directing’
'From Writing to Viewing: the spectator’s mind'
'Applying Film Theory in Practice’
@
University of Applied Sciences of Bragança – Audio-Visual and Media undergraduates
University Film Conferences at the IDEM International Film Festival of Andalusia
Art, Spanish and English tutions
JURY
2011
Member of the Jury at the International Authors' Film Festival QUEST EUROPE, Poland
EDUCATION
2008/09
MA Screenwriting and Producing for Film & TV
Scholarship for academic Excellence by the Univ. of Westminster
School of Media, Arts & Design · University of Westminster; London
2007
Film Directing course
DFFB German Film Academy in Berlin
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Lisbon
2002/03
French language and culture courses
Alliance Française / CFILC; Paris
2001/02
Audio-visual Communication studies
EU Socrates scholarship
Pompeu Fabra University; Barcelona
1997/02
BA Honours, 1st class degree:
Sound and Image, specialising on Image/TV
Catholic University of Portugal; Porto
1997
Certificate of Proficiency in English
University of Cambridge
IT KNOWLEDGE
Microsoft Office and Internet. Adobe Flash, Audition and Photoshop.
PC and Mac literate. Knowledge of photography and shooting on digital cameras.
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish;
intermediate French; good knowledge of Italian and Catalan
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