Person
Ico Costa
Directing · Lisbon, Portugal
Biography
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

Cidade Rabat
João Allen

Gold Songs
Writer

Balane 3
Director

Domy + Ailucha: Ket Stuff!
Director

Uproar, Eclipse
Producer

Alva
Director

Timkat
Director

The Human Surge 3
Producer

Tomorrow Is a Long Time
Producer
Current
Director
Filmography
- 2025Balane 3Director
- 2024The Human Surge 3Producer
- 2024Gold SongsWriter
- 2024Cidade RabatJoão Allen
- 2024Tomorrow Is a Long TimeProducer
- 2023TimkatDirector
- 2022Domy + Ailucha: Ket Stuff!Director
- 2022Waters of PastazaProducer
- 2019AlvaDirector
- 2018Drifters of a shadowy dreamCafé Chantal waiter
- 2018WZ604_Mont1Director
- 2017Uproar, EclipseProducer
- 2017Searching NaftaProducer
- 2013CurrentDirector
- 2012Four Hours BarefootEditor
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