Diretores / 49ª mostra

Born in Portugal in 1978. He studied audiovisual at the Portuguese Catholic University and later specializing in film at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He has produced and co-produced films works for authors such as FJ Ossang, Gabe Klinger, Eduardo Williams, Lois Patiño, Matias Piñeiro, Edgar Pêra, João Canijo, Ana Rocha de Sousa and André Gil Mata, screened in film festivals like Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Rotterdam, Locarno, Clermont-Ferrand and Annecy. Furthermore, he was also responsible for the cinema production for the Guimarães 2012 – European Capital of Culture. Areias directed feature films like “Thebes” (2007), “Hay Road” (2012), “1960” (2013), “Ornament and Crime” (2015), “Blue Breath” (2018), “Surdine” (2019) and “Down by Life” (2020), all of them presented at Mostra. In 2022, Rodrigo Areias was a member of the jury of the 46th Mostra. At the 48th Mostra, he also presented “The Stone Dreams to Blossom” (2024) and “The Worst Man in London” (2024).