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Francisca Dores

Directing

Francisca Dores

EN, PT cinema · 8 credits

Born

21 July 1998 (age 28)

Birthplace

Porto, Portugal

Francisca Dores (Porto, 1998) is a multidisciplinary author with cinema, photography, performance and sound installation projects. While studying for a Master's Degree in Cinema at the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University, she sought to explore the sensoriality of the moving image through an experimental documentary practice. She is the director, editor and director of photography of the films "How to Be a Candid Woman" (2022), "Cura" (2023) and "Nunca estive tão perto" (2023), which premiered in the National Competition of IndieLisboa 2024. She works as a freelance colourist on projects shot on 16mm film or digital. In parallel, she develops sound explorations and video art, most notably the project "Fhosfhorus", presented at Montra - Mostra de Arte Contemporânea in Vila do Conde. She is one of the founding members of the ORCA collective (Orchestra of Robots, Computers and Loudspeakers) and an integral member of the LickSickDick collective, responsible for audiovisual artistic creation. She is currently a professor in Cinema and Audiovisual, focusing on the subfields of History of Cinema, Editing and Colour Grading.

Known for

Filmography

The Emerging Shadow of a Suspicion poster

The Emerging Shadow of a Suspicion

ENNot rated

Director, Writer

Border Rows poster

Border Rows

EN · 2025Not rated

Director

I Have Never Been This Close poster

I Have Never Been This Close

PT · 2024Not rated

Director, Editor, Director of Photography

Cura poster

Cura

PT · 2023Not rated

Director

How to Be a Candid Woman poster

How to Be a Candid Woman

EN · 2022Not rated

Director, Editor

The Journey of Eva's Unspoken Words poster

The Journey of Eva's Unspoken Words

PT · 2019Not rated

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Sound Director, Editor, Color Grading, Sound Designer

A Mind Sang poster

A Mind Sang

PT · 20191.5

Sound Effects, Sound Director

Abel poster

Abel

EN · 2018Not rated

Editor, Director, Director of Photography, Sound Designer, Writer