Nuno sá pessoa

Award-Winning Filmmaker, Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Film Festival Jury Member, and Lecturer in Film Studies

Honors and Awards

Honors and awards from around the world

Film Screenings

More than 200 film screenings across the globe

Bílis Negra

Barflies Film Screenings
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Jan 2021

The End

Corto Nero Film Festival
(Naples, Italy)

· Dec 2020

The End

Split Videoart Festival
(Split, Croatia)

· Sep 2020

The End

Simultan Festival
(Timisoara, Romania)

· Sep 2020

The End

Video Art Forum
(Dammam, Saudi Arabia)

· Aug 2020

The End

One Minute Video Art OMVA
(Dhaka, Bangladesh)

· Jun 2020

The End

Lockdown Film Festival
(Kent, England, UK)

· May 2020

The End

NewMediaFest
(Cologne, Germany)

· Apr 2020

Human Farm

Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival
(Naples, Italy)

· Oct 2019

Terra 2084

WOW International Film Festival
(Tunisia / Morocco / Jordan)

· Sep 2019

The Headless Nun

WOW International Film Festival
(Tunisia / Morocco / Jordan)

· Sep 2019

Terra 2084

Cine Luso Espírito Mundo
(Brussels, Belgium)

· Sep 2019

A Lagoa

LFTNetwork’s #AmLatino Film Festival
(Washington, D.C., USA)

· Aug 2019

Terra 2084

Kalajoki Film Fest
(Kalajoki, Finland)

· Aug 2019

The Headless Nun

Kalajoki Film Fest
(Kalajoki, Finland)

· Aug 2019

Tribal Baroque

Portland Unknown Film Festival
(Portland, OR, USA)

· Aug 2019

Bílis Negra

Shortcutz Bairrada
(Anadia, Portugal)

· Jul 2019

Human Farm

Audience Awards Experimental Shorts
(Online)

· Jul 2019

The Headless Nun

Audience Awards Experimental Shorts
(Online)

· Jul 2019

Human Farm

Audience Awards Shorty Shorts
(Online)

· Jul 2019

Bílis Negra

Audience Awards LGBTQ Shorts Film Festival
(Online)

· Jun 2019

Human Farm

Audience Awards Social Political Shorts
(Online)

· Jun 2019

Terra 2084

Audience Awards Social Political Shorts
(Online)

· Jun 2019

Human Farm

Lift-Off Sessions
(London, England, UK)

· Jun 2019

Bílis Negra

Espantomania Film Festival
(São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

· May 2019

Tribal Baroque

Azores Fringe Festival
(Pico, Azores, Portugal)

· Apr 2019

Tribal Baroque

Whitney Houston Biennial
(New York, NY, USA)

· Apr 2019

Bílis Negra

DeREEL Independent Film Festival
(Dereel, VIC, Australia)

· Mar 2019

The Headless Nun

DeREEL Independent Film Festival
(Dereel, VIC, Australia)

· Mar 2019

Terra 2084

Catalyst Film Festival
(Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK)

· Mar 2019

The Eagle Flies to Portugal

Lift-Off Sessions
(London, England, UK)

· Feb 2019

The Headless Nun

Lift-Off Sessions
(London, England, UK)

· Feb 2019

Bílis Negra

Dunedin International Film Festival
(Dunedin, FL, USA)

· Dec 2018

Terra 2084

Dunedin International Film Festival
(Dunedin, FL, USA)

· Dec 2018

Bílis Negra

Festival Entre Olhares
(Barreiro, Portugal)

· Nov 2018

Terra 2084

Festival Entre Olhares
(Barreiro, Portugal)

· Nov 2018

The Headless Nun

Video Screen Electrik Dreams
(Dili, Timor)

· Nov 2018

Terra 2084

Brattleboro Film Festival
(Brattleboro, VT, USA)

· Sep 2018

Terra 2084

Red Phoenix Underground Film Festival
(Sharon, PA, USA)

· Jun 2018

Bílis Negra

Queen City Cinephiles
(Charlotte, NC, USA)

· May 2018

The Headless Nun

Bute Street Film Festival
(Luton, England, UK)

· Feb 2018

O Preço de Ser

Script+ Festival
(Online)

· Jan 2018

Terra 2084

Cabin Fever Film Festival
(Warren, OH, USA)

· Jan 2018

The Headless Nun

Cefalù Film Festival
(Cefalù, Palermo, Italy)

· Jan 2018

Creature in a Fish Tank

Independent Horror Movie Awards
(Online)

· Nov 2017

The Headless Nun

Sacalacalaca, Interdimensional Horror & Sci-Fi Festival
(Xochimilco, Mexico)

· Oct 2017

The Headless Nun

Planet 9 Film Festival
(Chicago, IL, USA)

· Oct 2017

Terra 2084

The Story Of Space Festival
(Goa, India)

· Sep 2017

The Headless Nun

Terramoto
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Sep 2017

A Lagoa

Joinville International Short Film Festival
(Joinville, SC, Brazil)

· Aug 2017

Terra 2084

Kratasy Film Festival
(Pelhrimov, Czech Republic)

· Aug 2017

A Lagoa

FotoFilm Tijuana
(Tijuana, Mexico)

· Jul 2017

Terra 2084

FotoFilm Tijuana
(Tijuana, Mexico)

· Jul 2017

Bílis Negra

Shanghai Queer Film Festival
(Shanghai, China)

· Jul 2017

Bílis Negra

Am Egypt Film Festival
(Cairo, Egypt)

· Jul 2017

Terra 2084

Am Egypt Film Festival
(Cairo, Egypt)

· Jul 2017

The Headless Nun

Am Egypt Film Festival
(Cairo, Egypt)

· Jul 2017

Replicants

Conversas Sobre Cinema
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Jun 2017

Terra 2084

Conversas Sobre Cinema
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Jun 2017

The Headless Nun

Conversas Sobre Cinema
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Jun 2017

Creature in a Fish Tank

Ocean City Film Festival
(Ocean City, MD, USA)

· May 2017

Terra 2084

Dublin Sci-Fi Film Festival
(Dublin, Ireland, UK)

· May 2017

The Headless Nun

Dublin Sci-Fi Film Festival
(Dublin, Ireland, UK)

· May 2017

Terra 2084

Shortcutz Guimarães
(Guimarães, Portugal)

· Apr 2017

The Headless Nun

Veto für Kunst und Film
(Baden, Switzerland)

· Apr 2017

A Lagoa

Shortcutz Figueiró dos Vinhos
(Leiria, Portugal)

· Feb 2017

Bílis Negra

Shortcutz Figueiró dos Vinhos
(Leiria, Portugal)

· Jan 2017

Terra 2084

Shortcutz Figueiró dos Vinhos
(Leiria, Portugal)

· Jan 2017

The Headless Nun

Shortcutz Figueiró dos Vinhos
(Leiria, Portugal)

· Jan 2017

Terra 2084

Shortcutz Faro
(Leiria, Portugal)

· Nov 2016

Terra 2084

Nile’s Diaspora International Film Festival
(Kampala, Uganda)

· Nov 2016

Terra 2084

Nile’s Diaspora International Film Festival
(Kampala, Uganda)

· Nov 2016

Terra 2084

Shortcutz Funchal
(Madeira, Portugal)

· Nov 2016

Terra 2084

Shortcutz Funchal
(Madeira, Portugal)

· Nov 2016

A Lagoa

Asia International Youth Short Film Exhibition
(Beijing, China)

· Oct 2016

Bílis Negra

Asia International Youth Short Film Exhibition
(Beijing, China)

· Oct 2016

Terra 2084

Asia International Youth Short Film Exhibition
(Beijing, China)

· Oct 2016

The Headless Nun

Asia International Youth Short Film Exhibition
(Beijing, China)

· Oct 2016

Tribal Baroque

Other Worlds Music Film Festival
(Blackpool, England, UK)

· Oct 2016

The Headless Nun

ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival
(Münster, Germany)

· Sep 2016

The Headless Nun

CIM Sueca
(Valencia, Spain)

· Sep 2016

A Lagoa

FARCUME
(Faro, Portugal)

· Aug 2016

Terra 2084

FARCUME
(Faro, Portugal)

· Aug 2016

Terra 2084

Cinefantasy Festival de Cinema Fantástico
(São Paulo, Brazil)

· Jul 2016

Bílis Negra

CreActive International Open Film Festival
(Dhaka, Bangladesh)

· Jun 2016

The Headless Nun

Poetry Film Festival
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Jun 2016

A Lagoa

Ohrid Film Festival
(Ohrid, Macedonia)

· May 2016

Bílis Negra

Ekurhuleni International Film Festival
(Gauteng, South Africa)

· May 2016

The Headless Nun

Ekurhuleni International Film Festival
(Gauteng, South Africa)

· May 2016

Terra 2084

Lima Bean Film Festival
(St. Louis, MO, USA)

· May 2016

The Headless Nun

Lima Bean Film Festival
(St. Louis, MO, USA)

· May 2016

The Headless Nun

TIF Video Challenge
(Nicosia, Cyprus)

· May 2016

The Headless Nun

Gardunha Fest
(Gardunha, Portugal)

· May 2016

The Headless Nun

Seven Colors Film & Arts Festival
(Glen Waverley, VIC, Australia)

· May 2016

A Lagoa

Festival of Nations
(St. Paul, MN, USA)

· Apr 2016

Terra 2084

Festival of Nations
(St. Paul, MN, USA)

· Apr 2016

The Headless Nun

Festival of Nations
(St. Paul, MN, USA)

· Apr 2016

Bílis Negra

Ozark Shorts Film Festival
(Lamar, MO, USA)

· Apr 2016

Terra 2084

Ozark Shorts Film Festival
(Lamar, MO, USA)

· Apr 2016

The Headless Nun

Ozark Shorts Film Festival
(Lamar, MO, USA)

· Apr 2016

Terra 2084

Cine Flamingo
(Algarve, Portugal)

· Apr 2016

Terra 2084

Shortcutz Porto
(Porto, Portugal)

· Apr 2016

A Lagoa

MICT
(Taxco de Alarcón, Mexico)

· Mar 2016

A Lagoa

Cinekambiya International Film Festival
(Serrekunda, The Gambia)

· Mar 2016

Bílis Negra

Cinekambiya International Film Festival
(Serrekunda, The Gambia)

· Mar 2016

Terra 2084

Cinekambiya International Film Festival
(Serrekunda, The Gambia)

· Mar 2016

The Headless Nun

Cinekambiya International Film Festival
(Serrekunda, The Gambia)

· Mar 2016

A Lagoa

Cine Samba Show
(Florianópolis, SC, Brazil)

· Mar 2016

Terra 2084

Cerdanyola Screen
(Barcelona, Spain)

· Mar 2016

Terra 2084

NanoCon International Science Fiction Film Festival
(Longview, WA, USA)

· Mar 2016

Tribal Baroque

EnCORE Dance on Film
(Decatur, GA, USA)

· Mar 2016

Bílis Negra

Third Culture Film Festival
(Hong Kong, China)

· Feb 2016

Terra 2084

CLAP Festival de Cinema de Carnide
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Feb 2016

Terra 2084

Sessão Ante-Estreias Cinemateca Portuguesa
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Feb 2016

Bílis Negra

Goldensun Short Film Festival
(Zebbug, Malta)

· Dec 2015

Terra 2084

Goldensun Short Film Festival
(Zebbug, Malta)

· Dec 2015

The Headless Nun

Goldensun Short Film Festival
(Zebbug, Malta)

· Dec 2015

Bílis Negra

Lisbon International Film Festival
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Dec 2015

The Headless Nun

Lisbon International Film Festival
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Dec 2015

The Headless Nun

Experimental Superstars Film Festival
(Novi Sad, Serbia)

· Dec 2015

Terra 2084

Cineuphoria Awards
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Dec 2015

Bílis Negra

Frames Film Festival
(Mumbai, India)

· Nov 2015

Terra 2084

Frames Film Festival
(Mumbai, India)

· Nov 2015

Tribal Baroque

Frames Film Festival
(Mumbai, India)

· Nov 2015

Terra 2084

Concurso de Vídeo INATEL
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Nov 2015

Bílis Negra

Área de Contenção
(Cartaxo, Portugal)

· Oct 2015

Terra 2084

Área de Contenção
(Cartaxo, Portugal)

· Oct 2015

Terra 2084

U.F.O. Kurzfilmfestival
(Leipzig, Germany)

· Oct 2015

Terra 2084

Cheap Thrills Zero Budget Film Festival
(Loughborough, England, UK)

· Oct 2015

Terra 2084

Art City Short Film Festival
(Buea, Cameroon)

· Sep 2015

Terra 2084

Grand Junction Film Festival
(Grand Junction, CO, USA)

· Sep 2015

A Lagoa

Figueira Film Art
(Figueira da Foz, Portugal)

· Aug 2015

Bílis Negra

Figueira Film Art
(Figueira da Foz, Portugal)

· Aug 2015

Terra 2084

Figueira Film Art
(Figueira da Foz, Portugal)

· Aug 2015

Terra 2084

CineAvante!
(Amora, Portugal)

· Aug 2015

Terra 2084

Sci-fi Lisbon Convention
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Jul 2015

Terra 2084

Avanca Film Festival
(Avanca, Portugal)

· Jul 2015

Tribal Baroque

Pervolia Film Festival
(Pervolia, Cyprus)

· Jul 2015

Bílis Negra

Deep Fried Film Festival
(Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK)

· Jun 2015

Terra 2084

Shortcutz Amsterdam
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)

· Jun 2015

Terra 2084

Mostra de Cinema Multiculturalidade
(Amadora, Portugal)

· Jun 2015

Bílis Negra

Eastern North Carolina Film Festival
(Winterville, NC, USA)

· May 2015

The Headless Nun

Eastern North Carolina Film Festival
(Winterville, NC, USA)

· May 2015

Bílis Negra

Springfield LGBT Film Festival
(Springfield, MA, USA)

· May 2015

The Headless Nun

Montijo Film Festival
(Montijo, Portugal)

· May 2015

Terra 2084

Three Cities Film Festival
(Los Angeles, CA, USA)
(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
(Virginia Beach, VA, USA)

· Apr 2015

Terra 2084

Curtas à Beira-Mar
(Costa da Caparica, Portugal)

· Apr 2015

Terra 2084

Cluj Film Festival
(Cluj, Romania)

· Mar 2015

Terra 2084

The Programme
(Preston, England, UK)

· Mar 2015

The Headless Nun

Purgatory Film Exhibition
(Detroit, MI, USA)

· Mar 2015

Bílis Negra

Shortcutz Porto
(Porto, Portugal)

· Feb 2015

The Headless Nun

Shortcutz Faro
(Faro, Portugal)

· Feb 2015

Bílis Negra

Atlas & Aeris Awards
(New York, NY, USA)

· Jan 2015

Terra 2084

Atlas & Aeris Awards
(New York, NY, USA)

· Jan 2015

The Headless Nun

Atlas & Aeris Awards
(New York, NY, USA)

· Jan 2015

Terra 2084

Shortcutz Viseu
(Viseu, Portugal)

· Jan 2015

Tribal Baroque

Best of Nature & Music Film Festival
(Online)

· Jan 2015

Terra 2084

Non Stop Film Festival
(Nürnberg, Germany)

· Dec 2014

Terra 2084

MIA 2014
(Armação de Pêra, Portugal)

· Dec 2014

The Headless Nun

Fright Night Theatre
(Hamilton, ON, Canada)

· Dec 2014

Terra 2084

Fórum Fantástico
(Almada, Portugal)

· Nov 2014

Bílis Negra

Slimebone City Horror Film Festival
(Kingston, ON, Canada)

· Oct 2014

Terra 2084

Slimebone City Horror Film Festival
(Kingston, ON, Canada)

· Oct 2014

Bílis Negra

Cinemático Film Festival
(Tijuana, Mexico)

· Oct 2014

Terra 2084

Cinemático Film Festival
(Tijuana, Mexico)

· Oct 2014

Bílis Negra

Festival of Serbian Fantastic Film
(Belgrade, Serbia)

· Oct 2014

Terra 2084

Festival of Serbian Fantastic Film
(Belgrade, Serbia)

· Oct 2014

Terra 2084

Jump the Cut
(Singapore)

· Oct 2014

The Headless Nun

Jump the Cut
(Singapore)

· Oct 2014

Terra 2084

Shortcutz Lisboa
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Oct 2014

The Headless Nun

Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
(San Diego, CA, USA)

· Oct 2014

The Headless Nun

Cape Verde International Film Festival
(Sal, Cape Verde)

· Oct 2014

The Headless Nun

Sir Charlie Darwin Film Festival
(London, England, UK)

· Oct 2014

The Headless Nun

Freeky Creek Film Festival
(Fairmount, IL, USA)

· Oct 2014

The Headless Nun

Idaho Horror Film Festival
(Boise, ID, USA)

· Oct 2014

Tribal Baroque

Music Malt Online Fest
(Online)

· Oct 2014

Terra 2084

Wasteland Film Festival
(California City, CA, USA)

· Sep 2014

Bílis Negra

Shortcutz Viseu Awards
(Viseu, Portugal)

· Jun 2014

A Lagoa

FAM Florianópolis Audiovisual Mercosul
(Florianópolis, SC, Brazil)

· Apr 2014

Bílis Negra

Shortcutz Viseu
(Viseu, Portugal)

· Mar 2014

Bílis Negra

Shortcutz Lisboa Awards
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Feb 2014

Bílis Negra

Cluj Film Festival
(Cluj, Romania)

· Feb 2014

Bílis Negra

Sessão Ante-Estreias Cinemateca Portuguesa
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Feb 2014

Bílis Negra

PF Shorts Fest
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Jan 2014

Bílis Negra

Cineuphoria Awards
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Dec 2013

The Headless Nun

Cineuphoria Awards
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Dec 2013

The Headless Nun

Cineuphoria Awards
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Dec 2013

The Headless Nun

PF Shorts Fest
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Dec 2013

Bílis Negra

FEST’A FILM
(Montpellier, France)

· Nov 2013

Bílis Negra

CORTA Festival de Artes e Cinema
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Nov 2013

The Headless Nun

Shortcutz Porto
(Porto, Portugal)

· Nov 2013

The Headless Nun

Festival-IN
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Nov 2013

Bílis Negra

Shortcutz Lisboa
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Oct 2013

Bílis Negra

Shortcutz Caldas
(Caldas da Rainha, Portugal)

· Oct 2013

Bílis Negra

MOTELx
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Sep 2013

The Headless Nun

FARCUME
(Faro, Portugal)

· Aug 2013

Tribal Baroque

FARCUME
(Faro, Portugal)

· Aug 2013

The Headless Nun

Shortcutz Viseu
(Viseu, Portugal)

· Aug 2013

Bílis Negra

FESTin Ilha
(Florianópolis, SC, Brazil)

· Jun 2013

Replicants

Tienda de Ideas
(Florianópolis, SC, Brazil)

· May 2013

The Headless Nun

Tienda de Ideas
(Florianópolis, SC, Brazil)

· May 2013

Bílis Negra

Tienda de Ideas
(Florianópolis, SC, Brazil)

· May 2013

The Headless Nun

PT Bluestation
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· May 2013

The Headless Nun

Shortcutz Lisboa Awards
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Mar 2013

The Headless Nun

Sessão Ante-Estreias Cinemateca Portuguesa
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Feb 2013

The Headless Nun

Tiznit Film Festival
(Tiznit, Morocco)

· Dec 2012

Tribal Baroque

FENAVID
(Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

· Oct 2012

The Headless Nun

Shortcutz Lisboa
(Lisbon, Portugal)

· Jun 2012

Replicants

FEST’A FILM
(Montpellier, France)

· Nov 2009

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Art has no boundaries


Nuno de Sá Pessoa Costa Sequeira was born on May 7, 1987, in the vibrant city of Lisbon, Portugal.

Growing up between Portugal and Spain, I’ve learned to speak five diverse languages. My educational journey commenced in Lisbon, but soon led me to Denmark, where I completed my studies at the European Film College. Post-graduation, I embarked on a creative voyage, directing my inaugural independent projects, and contributing as a cinematographer and video editor to the production of four full-length feature films in the heart of California.

Subsequently, I co-founded Skookum Films alongside two colleagues. Our collective efforts resulted in a multitude of projects that have garnered recognition at more than 200 venues worldwide, earning accolades on numerous occasions.

My life has taken me on brief sojourns to countries such as Switzerland and Brazil, facilitating collaborations with clients and partners hailing from over 30 nations across the globe.

I’ve also had the privilege of serving as a jury member at diverse film festivals and as a keynote speaker at various international events spanning the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Brazil, Switzerland, Portugal, Denmark, the United States, and the Czech Republic.

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