Directing

Tomás Paiva Ferreira

Biography

Tomás Ferreira is a Portuguese film writer-director. His passion for writing soon developed during his bachelor degree at Lisbon Theatre and Film School, where he matured his storytelling voice through specialization on Screenwriting and Editing, before going onto his first director endeavors, during his Masters in Film Directing at the University of South Wales in the UK (Cardiff). Tomás wrote, directed and edited both documentary and fiction short films. In 2019, he was one of the Biennal of Contemporary Arts participants on the workshop "Spirits, Shadows and Reflections" by the award-winning director João Salaviza. In 2020, he co-wrote a short film accepted for a creative supporting programme at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. In 2022, his short film "In a House, At Night" premiered at Soho London Film Festival moving onto the independent Festival circuit, being referenced at the acclaimed Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market.