Luís Ferreira

My name is Luís Ferreira, a filmmaker and photographer born in Porto in 2005. From a very young age, I discovered in the image a way of understanding the world, first through photography, beside my father, and later through cinema, where I found my true artistic voice. I like to explore emotion, silence, and the weight of light. For me, every frame is a way of telling something that words cannot. Over the past few years, I have directed several short films that have allowed me to grow as an author and gain recognition both inside and outside Portugal. My short film Whispers of Darkness was selected and nominated at international festivals such as the NanoCon International Film Festival and the MoCo Youth Media Festival, both in the United States, as well as the Bienal de Arte Jovem de Vila do Conde and Embrace Your Darkness in Lisbon, where it received an Honourable Mention. It was also part of multiple editions of the Lift-Off Global Network at Pinewood Studios (United Kingdom). Othe...