Ico Costa
Directing
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
Alva
December 12, 2019
The Human Surge 3
July 3, 2024
Searching Nafta
January 25, 2017
Tomorrow Is a Long Time
January 19, 2024
Waters of Pastaza
February 17, 2022
Gold Songs
May 31, 2024
Four Hours Barefoot
November 12, 2012
Narciso
April 9, 2026
Domy + Ailucha: Ket Stuff!
March 11, 2022
Timkat
May 5, 2023
Uproar, Eclipse
October 22, 2017
Balane 3
March 22, 2025
Behind the camera14
- 2026Narciso Producer
- 2025Balane 3 Director, Writer
- 2024The Human Surge 3 Producer
- 2024Gold Songs Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
- 2024Tomorrow Is a Long Time Producer
- 2023Timkat Director, Cinematography, Producer
- 2022Domy + Ailucha: Ket Stuff! Director
- 2022Waters of Pastaza Producer
- 2019Alva Director, Producer, Writer
- 2018WZ604_Mont1