Mafalda Rebelo

Production

Mafalda Rebelo

Born

1983-10-22 (43)

Place of birth

Porto, Portugal

Known for

Production

Credits

13 titles

Mafalda Rebelo (b. 1983, Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese producer and director working across fiction, documentary and television. Throughout her career she has produced films by internationally acclaimed filmmakers such as Sergey Loznitsa, Thom Andersen, Yann Gonzalez, Lois Patiño, Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, Rodrigo Areias, David Bonneville and André Guiomar, among others. Her work has been presented at major international festivals including Berlinale, Locarno Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Toronto International Film Festival,Sheffield Doc/Fest, Clermont-Ferrand, Mar del Plata, ZINEBI, Curtas Vila do Conde and Doclisboa. She holds a degree in Sound and Image from th…

Known for

Behind the camera

Dog Day poster
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Maria Joana navigates the discoveries and transformations of adolescence. She experiences her first night of freedom and independence at the local Saint John's street celebration, testing her limits and confronting her inner fears — but not without consequences.

Dog Day

2026

Ofélia poster
NR

Amid dynamics of power, desire, and seduction, Ofélia follows two teenagers who discover their mutual attraction on the threshold between adolescence and adulthood, while simultaneously seeking to define their identity and place within an everchanging society.

Ofélia

2025

At Sixteen poster
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What do you do with the desire that is just awakening? At dance performances, in concerts, during sports, while skating, eyes are searching and bodies are exposed. Each space possesses its own choreography, its own music. Almost without words desire and rejection, hope and disappointment become tangible.

At Sixteen

2022

Bicicleta poster
6.0

Filmed in one of the remaining social housing towers of Aleixo (Porto, Portugal), “Bicicleta” tells the story of a family living under economic pressure.

Bicicleta

2013

Torres poster
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Set against the looming backdrop of growing urban towers, a teenage boy navigates the fragile space between adolescence and adulthood.

Torres

2013

Light Was a Break poster
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One sleepless night, Emília recalls a childhood trauma. Amidst the burning memories, she visits her parents, her sister, Manuel and all the places of her solitude.

Light Was a Break

2024

50 l 50 poster
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50|50 looks at the frustrations and triumphs that couples still encounter as they try to find a balance between raising children and working. Each story unveils the obstacles and prejudices that men and (mostly) women still have to overcome. This documentary sheds light on the roads to conciliation, giving voice to ambitious, career-oriented women, but also to couples who are struggling to have children or to share their unpaid domestic duties fairly. 50 | 50 evaluates the advancements accomplished while also questioning whether the ongoing progress is sufficient in light of the times we live in.

50 l 50

2022

50 l 50 poster
NR

50|50 looks at the frustrations and triumphs that couples still encounter as they try to find a balance between raising children and working. Each story unveils the obstacles and prejudices that men and (mostly) women still have to overcome. This documentary sheds light on the roads to conciliation, giving voice to ambitious, career-oriented women, but also to couples who are struggling to have children or to share their unpaid domestic duties fairly. 50 | 50 evaluates the advancements accomplished while also questioning whether the ongoing progress is sufficient in light of the times we live in.

50 l 50

2022

50 l 50 poster
NR

50|50 looks at the frustrations and triumphs that couples still encounter as they try to find a balance between raising children and working. Each story unveils the obstacles and prejudices that men and (mostly) women still have to overcome. This documentary sheds light on the roads to conciliation, giving voice to ambitious, career-oriented women, but also to couples who are struggling to have children or to share their unpaid domestic duties fairly. 50 | 50 evaluates the advancements accomplished while also questioning whether the ongoing progress is sufficient in light of the times we live in.

50 l 50

2022

Our Land, Our Altar poster
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Documentary on the Aleixo neighborhood of Porto, Portugal: a low income working class community plagued by drug sales and slated for demolition.Will it's dispersed residents, ripped from their homes, have the force to carry on?

Our Land, Our Altar

2020

God-and-a-Half poster
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A man wanders around an abandoned hospital. Years after their last encounter, someone whose life he saved seeks him out in his old office, so that together they can piece together a memory of their shared past.

God-and-a-Half

2024

Saturn poster
NR

The story of Caveirinha, a humble fisherman who lives in a difficult social situation. Immediately after the death of his son at sea, he faces the challenge of burying him with dignity.

Saturn

2022

Uma Montanha do Tamanho do Homem poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Uma Montanha do Tamanho do Homem

2014