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Born May 18, 1966 · Lisbon, Portugal
Teresa Villaverde is a Portuguese screenwriter, director, and producer, born in Lisbon in 1966. She began her artistic career as co-writer and co-director of a stage production with the Theatre Group of the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon. Her films have won numerous awards and have been the focus of retrospectives and critical study worldwide — including the Centre Pompidou (France, 2019) and Fundação de Serralves (Portugal, 2019) — as well as complete retrospectives at festivals and cinematheques in Italy, Spain, Croatia, Switzerland, South Korea, and Portugal. She is frequently invited to teach in Portugal and abroad. Her work has premiered at the world’s leading festivals, including Cannes, Venice, and Berlin.

Justa
2025

Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ?
2019

Six Portraits of Pain
2019

Galileo’s Thermometer
2018

Colo
2017

Paris 15/16
2016

The Bridges of Sarajevo
2014

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013

Cisne
2011

Trance
2006

Visions of Europe
2004
In Favour of Light
2004

Water and Salt
2001

The Mutants
1998

Two Brothers, My Sister
1994

Alex
1991