Directing
Ico Costa
ES, PT, ZH, DE cinema · 16 credits
Birthplace
Lisbon, Portugal
Ico Costa was born in Lisbon in 1983. He studied at the Portuguese National Film School, in Lisbon, at the Universidad del Cine, in Buenos Aires and at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, in Tourcoing, France. He directed the short films Libhaketi (2012), Four Hours Barefoot (2012), Current (2013), Antero (2014) and Nyo Vweta Nafta (2017), the documentary UPROAR, ECLIPSE (2017) and fiction feature film ALVA (2019). His work was shown at several film festivals, such as the Critics' Week of Cannes, Rotterdam, Rome, Cinéma du Réel, New Directors/New Films, Oberhausen, Jihlava, Vila do Conde, IndieLisboa, DocLisboa, among many others.
Known for
Filmography
Narciso
Producer
Balane 3
Director, Writer
Cidade Rabat
as João Allen
The Human Surge 3
Producer
Gold Songs
Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer
Timkat
Director, Producer, Cinematography
Waters of Pastaza
Producer
Alva
Director, Producer, Writer
Drifters of a shadowy dream
as Café Chantal waiter
Searching Nafta
Writer, Producer, Director, Editor
Uproar, Eclipse
Director, Editor, Producer
Four Hours Barefoot
Director, Editor, Writer