Afonso Mota

Directing

Afonso Mota

Born 1993-04-20 · Lisbon, Portugal

Afonso Mota (20th April 1993) was born and raised in Lisbon. In 2015, he graduated in Cinematography at Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, in Lisbon. That same year, his first short "Empty Room" received an honourable mention at Festival Vila do Conde. His second short "The South" was selected for the IndieLisboa International Film Festival in 2016. In 2019, he directed his first fiction film "Phantom Power".

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Phantom Power poster
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A young sound director has a task. Rafael must record a crucial sound for a film. With his headphones on he scans the city of Lisbon, looking and listening for this elusive sonic eccentricity – his journey made harder by all sorts of disruptive noises.

Phantom Power

2019

Phantom Power poster
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A young sound director has a task. Rafael must record a crucial sound for a film. With his headphones on he scans the city of Lisbon, looking and listening for this elusive sonic eccentricity – his journey made harder by all sorts of disruptive noises.

Phantom Power

2019

Heterofonia poster
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A boy and a girl lie in bed, discussing the possibility of being inside a dream. The boy shares with her a recent nightmare he had, in which she stole his eye. The girl assures him that his fears are not real and that he is not inside a dream. Suddenly, everything goes black.

Heterofonia

2024

Heterofonia poster
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A boy and a girl lie in bed, discussing the possibility of being inside a dream. The boy shares with her a recent nightmare he had, in which she stole his eye. The girl assures him that his fears are not real and that he is not inside a dream. Suddenly, everything goes black.

Heterofonia

2024

The South poster
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A trip to South America, told through memories and several anonymous documents. The effects of the landscape among the subjects that share it are strange and able to separate a group of friends.

The South

2016

The South poster
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A trip to South America, told through memories and several anonymous documents. The effects of the landscape among the subjects that share it are strange and able to separate a group of friends.

The South

2016

Tudo Menos Filmes poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Tudo Menos Filmes

2024

Empty Room poster
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João and Helena live part of their relationship in a virtual world. One night before a party, João logs on Helena’s Facebook account. The fascination he has for her leads him into a confrontation with more serious consequences than the reality João has been living.

Empty Room

2015

Empty Room poster
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João and Helena live part of their relationship in a virtual world. One night before a party, João logs on Helena’s Facebook account. The fascination he has for her leads him into a confrontation with more serious consequences than the reality João has been living.

Empty Room

2015

Dobra de Natal poster
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Christmas short films by the Dobra collective.

Dobra de Natal

2022

Aos Nossos Amigos poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Aos Nossos Amigos

2017

Crocodile Tooth poster
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July 2016. Life's a beach for Matias.

Crocodile Tooth

2016

Crocodile Tooth poster
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July 2016. Life's a beach for Matias.

Crocodile Tooth

2016