Tomás Paiva Ferreira

Tomás Ferreira is a Portuguese filmmaker, working to establish himself as a writer-director. Tomás Ferreira’s passion for writing soon developed during his bachelor degree at Lisbon Theater and Film School, where he matured his storytelling voice through specialization on Screenwriting and Editing, before going onto his first director endeavors in 2021, during his Masters in Film Directing at the University of South Wales in the UK (Cardiff).

In May 2020, “Alone Voices”, his short documentary reflecting over life during the first pandemic lock down was promoted by the Portuguese film critic, João Lopes. In 2020, he also co-written a short film accepted for a creative supporting programme at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. In 2021 and 2022, he wrote and directed as well as edited three new short films, two of them undergoing submissions for film festivals.