Mário Macedo
Directing
Biography
Mário Macedo was born 1989. Finished his studies at the School of Arts at UCP Porto and in the European Film College in Denmark. In Copenhagen he creates, together with other artists, 73collective - a community of young directors that focus on highly personal projects. His short documentary films Uncle Rui (2011) and Sinless Maria (2016) both premiered at DocLisboa Festival. The second won the National Grand Prix at FEST 2017 and both films were featured in the New Visions of Portuguese Directors at the Portuguese Cinematheque in the same year. His short film Terceiro Turno (Skin River) premiered at Curtas Vila do Conde 2021 and won the Award for Best Director in the national competition. He works as a photographer, having been exhibited in different showcases and also been used by different musicians for their album covers, and published "Running Away Into You", a photobook, in 2024.
Known For
A group of skaters take refuge in a shopping mall, making it their playground. As they spend time skating the empty hallways, the stillness creeps in. It's a dead end.
Cul-de-sac
An experimental short film that captures an intimate, polyamorous night in Berlin shared between three friends—a nonbinary artist, a trans woman, and a queer straight man—each navigating personal transformation. Set during a winter gathering, the film explores love, identity, and the elusive beauty of change through quiet conversations and tender glances, revealing how these moments can fundamentally alter us.
Three of Cups
In a small village in the north of Portugal, Agostinho endures the imprisonment of his routine. One day, he suffers a strange seizure leaving the factory where he works at the night shift. Unable to explain the reason for his condition, he returns home, to his girlfriend, to his friends. Subduing his dreams and concerns, Agostinho awaits for the night to come and, with it, another shift.
Skin River
Maria spends her days working in her family’s noisy metal factory. While being oppressed by male violence, she is also responsible for caring for her sister-in-law and niece, both existentially depleted. A revolution starts to boil within her.
Maria
While spending holidays at his grandparents’ place in the countryside, a boy learns a cruel lesson of mercy.