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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Diogo Costa Amarante

Director Diogo Costa AMARANTE (1982, Portugal) studied Documentary Film and Cinematography at the Catalonian Film School and graduated with an MFA in Film Production from the Tisch School of the Arts. His films have been screened at international film festivals. A Present Light (2020) was awarded the Silver Wolf for best international short film at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma du Montréal. Estamos no ar was selected for IFFR 2024.

Filmography

Jumate / Jumate (2007, short doc), In January, Perhaps (2009, short doc), Down Here (2012, short), The White Roses (2014, short), Small Town (2016, short), A Present Light (2021, short), Estamos no ar (2024)

Diogo Costa Amarante at IFFR

  • Estamos no ar

    Three generations of one family harbour desires for a different kind of life.

  • Los barcos

    A Chilean actress attends a film festival in Lisbon. The day after her film’s screening, she takes a boat to a desolate part of the city, far from

  • Videojuego

    One camera angle, one situation, with a strong emotional charge. A child plays a video game while in the background his parents divvy up the furnit