
Vasco Gil
Directing
Biography
Vasco Gil is a director and animator, working across film, animation, and design. With a background in Cinema, Animation, Design, Multimedia Art and TV Production.
Known For

A son of a butcher, who is miserable working in his family’s business, avoids touching meat at all costs just because he doesn’t have the guts to tell his father he wants to be vegan.
Bégan

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Virar a Página

A strange golden insect crawls into a bedroom on a stifling summer night. As it invades the sleeping body, the walls begin to shift and pulse — and the nightmare begins.
Before We Squeak

Vicente is an “abafador”, a smotherer who travels around with the mission of ending the suffering of those who are terminally ill and dying. Tired of living like a criminal, he does one last service but is caught red-handed by a woman.
The Smotherer

A docu-concert on Mão Morta, tracing the band’s enduring commitment to resistance and political expression. Set around a live concert filmed one year after the release of Viva La Muerte, the film reflects on art as confrontation in a time marked by the resurgence of far-right ideologies.
Voice in Action - Mão Morta

"Manoel" captures Sensible Soccers' journey as they celebrate a decade together as a band by reimagining soundtracks for Manoel de Oliveira's classic films. The documentary delves into the poetic intersection of cinema and music, revealing the delicate harmony between these two timeless art forms.
Sensible Soccers: Manoel

Too Fast Too Soon is a fashion film about the tension of fighting over something broken while the ones who broke it stay out of the conflict.
Too Fast Too Soon

Music video for the song Acordei Mal by Marquise
Marquise - Acordei Mal

A semi-abandoned WC turned into a short film that mixes an hallucination and the power of a femme fatale
Fever Dream

A multi-cam live concert movie done for the portuguese jazz band “Rute” in an academic setup of a relation between two colleges (ESMAD and ESMAE).
Rute - Short Concert Movie (ESMAE 503)

A collage of resistance and memory — weaving together archival footage from Palestine, Sudan, and beyond to remind us that history never fades, oppression repeats, and silence is manufactured. Yet within the weight of helplessness, awareness, love, and community remain our quiet acts of revolution.