Porto Summer School: Gabriel Abrantes

The School of Arts is organizing another edition of the Porto Summer School on Art & Cinema, under the theme Technology/Transformation, from June 30 to July 4, with daily free events.

On the first day, June 30:

21:30, Film Screening + Q&A
The Artificial Humors + Les Extraordinaires Mésaventures de La Jeune Fille de Pierre + A Brief History of Princess X, de Gabriel Abrantes

Conversation at the end between Gabriel Abrantes and Nuno Crespo

Biography:

Gabriel Abrantes was born in North Carolina, USA, in 1984. His films have premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight and the Critics’ Week in Cannes, the Berlinale, the Locarno Film Festival, the Venice Biennale, and the Toronto International Film Festival. They have received numerous awards, including the Grand Prix at the Critics’ Week, the EFA Award at the Berlinale, the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, and the EDP Young Artist Award.
His work has been exhibited at the Whitechapel Gallery and Tate Britain (London), the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), the MIT List Visual Arts Center (Boston), Kunst Werke (Berlin), and the Serralves Museum (Porto). He participated in the 32nd São Paulo Biennial, the 2016 Tropical Biennial, and the 2014 Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement. His work has also been shown in retrospective screenings at the Lincoln Center (New York) and BAFICI (Buenos Aires).
He currently lives and works in Lisbon.