francisco nuno rodrigues
Francisco Nuno Rodrigues (b. 2001, Funchal, PT) is an artist and filmmaker based in Lisbon, Portugal. His work has been presented in galleries, festivals and unconventional venues across Portugal, including FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival (Espinho), Livraria Aberta (Porto), Dupla Cena 77 (Lisbon) and VAGA – espaço de arte e conhecimento (Azores). In 2025, his debut short film O Leite das Monarcas received the Young Talents Prize from the Cecília Zino Foundation as well as an honourable mention at the National Grand Prix of FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival.
Currently, Francisco is weaving autofictional relationships with the family archive, exploring its narratives as myths.
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selected exhibitions and screenings
2026
5 anos, 5 filmes, Livraria Aberta [Portugal]
FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival [Portugal]
O Leite das Monarcas, Fundação Cecília Zino [Portugal]
2025
Lâmina da Lua, Dupla Cena 77 [Portugal]
Ultra—Periféricas, VAGA – espaço de arte e conhecimento [Portugal]
2024
HAMMER TIME, Zaratan - Arte Contemporânea [Portugal]
Fractal Funchal Fest '24, Funchal, PT
The Touching of the Wound, Dupla Cena 77 [Portugal]
2023
Pedra Angular, Anona Gallery [Portugal]
PUSSY GUM PINK 1000, Anona Gallery [Portugal]
residencies
2025
Estúdio de Criação Artística do Funchal [Portugal]
2022
Porthmeor Studios [United Kingdom]
Porthleven Prize, Lifeboat Studio, [United Kingdom]
awards
2025
Young Talents FCZ — Visual Arts, Cecília Zino Foundation (FCZ) [Portugal]
teaching
2023
Guest Tutor, Falmouth University [United Kingdom]
education
2023 —
MA Media Art
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon
2019 — 2022
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Falmouth University
selected workfrancisco nuno rodrigues
Notes Against the Family Archive, 2026 Limited Edition Print
Notes Against the Family Archive is an essayistic reflection on family, photography, and the idea of home. Beginning with the discovery of a buried history of abuse after the author's grandfather's death, the book approaches the family archive as a site of silence, embedded trauma, and emotional residue.
Launch and discussion with Maria Christoforidi at Livraria Aberta, Porto.
escrito por FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES editado por JOÃO BARROQUEIRO LOPES, MARIA CHRISTOFORIDOU coordenação de projeto MARIA CHRISTOFORIDOU. SUSANA DE SOUSA DIAS design JOÃO BARROQUEIRO LOPES written by FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES edited by JOÃO BARROQUEIRO LOPES, MARIA CHRISTOFORIDOU project advisors MARIA CHRISTOFORIDOU. SUSANA DE SOUSA DIAS design JOÃO BARROQUEIRO LOPES
O Leite das Monarcas, 2025 Short Film, Super 8 and HD, 10'
A little boy hears a secret whispered through the weeds; as he searches for its meaning, seemingly still images come to life, confessing a never-before-recorded story: the forbidden hunger of a monarch.
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festivals
[2026] FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival [Portugal]
argumento e realização FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES direcção de fotografia FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES correcção de cor FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES captação de som JOÃO HENRIQUE CÂMARA, INÊS FALCÃO montagem FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES desenho e mistura de som JOÃO HENRIQUE CÂMARA composição musical JANRIK edição de argumento CAROLINA RODRIGUES, JOÃO BARROQUEIRO LOPES, TOMÁS BASÍLIO assistência de imagem LEONOR SILVA, CAROLINA CALDEIRA voz FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES figuração LEONOR SILVA coordenação de projeto MARIA CHRISTOFORIDOU, SUSANA DE SOUSA DIAS design gráfico JOÃO BARROQUEIRO LOPES produtor FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES em co-produção com FRACTAL script and direction FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES director of photography FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES color correction FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES sound recordist JOÃO HENRIQUE CÂMARA, INÊS FALCÃO editing FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES sound design and mixing JOÃO HENRIQUE CÂMARA music score JANRIK script editing CAROLINA RODRIGUES, JOÃO BARROQUEIRO LOPES, TOMÁS BASÍLIO image assistance LEONOR SILVA, CAROLINA CALDEIRA voice FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES extras LEONOR SILVA project supervising MARIA CHRISTOFORIDOU, SUSANA DE SOUSA DIAS graphic design JOÃO BARROQUEIRO LOPES producer FRANCISCO NUNO RODRIGUES co-produced with FRACTAL