Inês Nunes
(Tavira, 1993) holds a BA in Film, specialising in Directing, from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema), completed in 2015. In 2024, a Master’s degree in Creation was completed at Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (San Sebastián), with a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Directorial debut took place in 2014 with the documentary Quando a Noite Acaba, screened in the In My Shorts section of Queer Lisboa. In the same year, work as director of photography included two short films: Poço das Almas (Filipa Pinto), presented at Visions du Réel, and Trasalmada (Marcelo Pereira), screened at Queer Lisboa. The final undergraduate project, the fiction film História da Noite (2019), premiered at IndieLisboa and was later re-screened by the Portuguese Cinematheque in 2023.
Since 2015, practice has focused on film editing, initially in collaboration with Joaquim Sapinho at Rosa Filmes. In this context, work included the documentary feature Diários Suspensos (supported by ICA) and the installation Liquid Skin (Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Sapinho), exhibited at MAAT. In 2020, the short film Sonho de um Verão was directed and selected for the national competitions at Curtas Vila do Conde and Caminhos do Cinema Português. The most recent work, A Solidão dos Lagartos, was selected for the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival, competing for the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film.
Directorial debut took place in 2014 with the documentary Quando a Noite Acaba, screened in the In My Shorts section of Queer Lisboa. In the same year, work as director of photography included two short films: Poço das Almas (Filipa Pinto), presented at Visions du Réel, and Trasalmada (Marcelo Pereira), screened at Queer Lisboa. The final undergraduate project, the fiction film História da Noite (2019), premiered at IndieLisboa and was later re-screened by the Portuguese Cinematheque in 2023.
Since 2015, practice has focused on film editing, initially in collaboration with Joaquim Sapinho at Rosa Filmes. In this context, work included the documentary feature Diários Suspensos (supported by ICA) and the installation Liquid Skin (Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Sapinho), exhibited at MAAT. In 2020, the short film Sonho de um Verão was directed and selected for the national competitions at Curtas Vila do Conde and Caminhos do Cinema Português. The most recent work, A Solidão dos Lagartos, was selected for the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival, competing for the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film.
