Biography

Helder Faria (Switzerland, 18 August 1990) is a young Portuguese filmmaker.
Graduated and Master Degree in Cinema from the University of Beira Interior, his final
projects “Arpeggio” and “Ao Redor” were presented in more than 50 Film Festivals
around the world, including the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival, Lisbon &
Estoril Film Festival and Caminhos do Cinema Português. In 2015 he joins the
renowned production company Fado Filmes where he makes an internship for a year.
After that, he was fortunate to remain in the production company and work as editor in
the film “Sodas and Love Songs” by Luís Galvão Teles and as assistant editor of
“Ermera Roses” by Luís Filipe Rocha.
In 2016 he became involved in a social project and ended up making the documentary
“Doctor Clowns” as a tribute to the 15th anniversary of Operação Nariz Vermelho
(Operation Red Nose). Contrary to expectations, the film secured Commercial Premiere
in Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and Braga, and was selected for the Fantasporto 2018 Film
Festival and nominated for Best Documentary at the Sophia Awards by the Portuguese
Film Academy.

He was selected for a workshop in Spain with the Portuguese director Pedro Costa
where he developed a documentary short film “Woman Like Tree”. The film took part of
the 2020 IndieLisboa and won a Sophia Award for Best Documentary Short Film. He is
now working on his second documentary feature, “The Guitar Barrel Project”, where he
intends to make a poetic comparison between the reconstruction of Lisbon after the
1755 Earthquake and the construction of a 6 Guitars Collection from Woods from the
18th century.
Recently he also worked as Script Supervisor in the films “Nothing Ever Happened” by
Gonçalo Galvão Teles, “Shadow ” and “Evadidos” by Bruno Gascon and “Vanda” by
Simão Cayatte. As Editor in the recently premiered tv series called “The Queen and the
Bastard” by Sérgio Graciano.