Biography

Bruno Carnide (Leiria, Portugal, 1987) is a film director and producer, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Twice nominated for the Sophia Awards of the Portuguese Film Academy, he develops an authorial body of work that crosses fiction, animation, and documentary, exploring themes such as memory, identity, and the materiality of the image, frequently using analogue film as a narrative device, one of the distinctive marks of his cinematic language. His films have been distinguished with 50 awards and selected for more than 400 festivals in over 50 countries, including festivals qualifying for the Oscars and European Awards. He is the founder-director and programmer of the Leiria Film Fest - International Short Film Festival, since 2013. Holder of the Title of Specialist in Film Production, he is a university lecturer in the field of Cinema, regularly serves on the jury panel of various international festivals, and was curator of the Museum of Moving Image of Leiria between 2022 and 2024. In parallel, he works in institutional filmmaking, advertising, and audiovisual content production, having signed hundreds of productions for brands such as Google, MTV, Nickelodeon, RTP, Volkswagen, Ford, and Schweppes. His filmography includes the short films "Memories of an Empty House" (2023) and "Fled. Lay. Fell." (2017), both shot on Super 8 film, and the animated short film "The Flight of the Manta Rays" (2021).
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