Director

Mónica Lima

Mónica Lima (b. Lisbon) studied Visual Arts in Lisbon, and Writing and Directing in Prague (FAMU) and Berlin (DFFB).

Her short films “The silence between two songs”, “Viktoria” and “Summer Saturn” have been shown in various international film festivals (Angers Premiers Plans, Leuven, Dresden, Vila do Conde, i.a.) and won various awards and mentions. Her graduation film “Natureza Humana” was part of the official selection of the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023, where it received the Ammodo Tiger Short Award.

During her training years she studied writing and directing with Valeska Grisebach, Fred Kelemen, Franz Rodenkirchen, i.a. Professionally has been working as a scriptwriter and script advisor, as well as an assistant director and lecturer of directing and screenwriting classes. She is currently developing her first feature-length original screenplay, which has received financial support for Writing and Development from ICA and took part in the Oxbelly Writing and Directing Lab (Sundance/ Faliro House) and Writing Cinema Today of Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian.

Filmography

Human Nature, 2023

Summer Saturn, 2017

Viktoria, 2015

The silence between two songs, 2013

updated on March 2023

Films

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Curta portuguesa Natureza Humana vence concurso de Roterdão

O filme de Mónica Lima, uma de duas curtas portuguesas no festival dos Países Baixos, é um dos três vencedores do concurso Ammodo Tiger Short, repetindo a vitória de Pedro Neves Marques em 2022.

Filmes de Mónica Lima, João Gonzalez e Ary Zara premiados no Canadá

O filme "Natureza Humana", de Mónica Lima, foi distinguido com o Grande Prémio da competição oficial do 27.º Regard -- Festival Internacional de Curta-Metragem de Saguenay, no Canadá, que premiou ainda "Ice Merchants" e "Um caroço de abacate".

Filmes de Mónica Lima e Carlos Conceição em festival nova-iorquino

Os filmes 'Natureza Humana', de Mónica Lima, e 'Nação Valente', de Carlos Conceição, vão ser exibidos em março e abril em Nova Iorque, no festival norte-americano Novos Realizadores/Novos Filmes, revelou a organização.

Filmes de realizadores portugueses vão competir no festival de cinema de Roterdão

Novos filmes de Pedro Neves Marques, Leonor Noivo, Ágata de Pinho e Edgar Pêra estão na programação do festival que volta a ser online entre 26 de janeiro e 6 de fevereiro.

Blue Has No Dimensions

Le festival Regard dévoile ses lauréats

Natureza Humana (Human Nature), de la réalisatrice portugaise Mónica Lima, a remporté le Grand Prix de Regard, Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay.

Savanah Leaf’s ‘Earth Mama’, Sundance Prize Winner ‘Mutt’ To Bookend New Directors/New Films

The festival will introduce will showcase 27 features and 11 shorts from 41 directors at theaters in both venues.