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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.
Filmography
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2025
Justa
Movie Director
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2019
Où en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde ?
Movie Director
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2019
Six Portraits of Pain
Movie Director
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2018
Acts of Cinema
Movie
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2018
Galileo’s Thermometer
Movie Director
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2017
Colo
Movie Writer
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2016
Paris 15/16
Movie Director
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2014
The Bridges of Sarajevo
Movie Director
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2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie Director
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2011
Cisne
Movie Director
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2007
O Capacete Dourado
Movie Enfermeira
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2006
Trance
Movie Director
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2004
Visions of Europe
Movie Director
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2004
Cold Wa(te)r
Movie Director
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2004
In Favour of Light
Movie Director
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2002
Lei
Movie
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2001
Water and Salt
Movie Writer
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1998
The Mutants
Movie Director
- 1994
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1994
Two Brothers, My Sister
Movie Voice of the Teacher (voice)
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1991
Alex
Movie Writer
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1990
Lovely Child
Movie Writer
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1986
Hovering Over the Water
Movie Rosa