Gabriel Abrantes

Gabriel Abrantes (b. 1984, North Carolina) is a Lisbon-based visual artist and filmmaker whose “Diamantino” (co-directed with Daniel Schmidt, 2018) won the Grand Prize at Cannes’ Critics Week, and whose horror film “Amelia’s Children” (2024) won the Jury Prize at Gerardmer.

His films have won prizes at the Berlinale and Locarno Film Festival, where he received the Golden Leopard, and have premiered at major festivals including TIFF and NYFF, with exhibitions at prestigious institutions including Tate Modern, Palais de Tokyo, and MIT List Visual Arts Center.

Filmography

[2025] Arguments in Favor of Love (short)
[2023] Amelia's Children
[2019] The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady (short)
[2018] Diamantino (co-directed with Daniel Schmidt) 
[2017] The Artificial Humors (short)
[2016] The Hunchback (co-directed com Ben Rivers) (short)
[2016] A Brief History of Princess X (short)
[2015] Freud Und Friends (short)
[2014] Taprobana (short)
[2013] Ennui Ennui (short)
[2012] Ὄρνιθες (Ornithes - Birds) (short)
[2012] Fratelli (short)
[2011] Baby Back Costa Rica (short)
[2011] Liberdade (co-directed with Benjamin Crotty) (short)
[2011] Palácios de Pena (co-directed with Daniel Schmidt) (medium)
[2010] A History of Mutual Respect (co-directed with Daniel Schmidt) (short)
[2009] Too Many Daddies, Mommies and Babies (short)
[2008] Arabic Hare (short)
[2008] Gugg ‘n’ Tate (short)
[2008] Obama For President (short)
[2008] Visionary Iraq (co-directed with Benjamin Crotty) (short)
[2006] Olympia I & II (co-directed with Katie Widloski) (short)
[2006] Dear God Please Save Me (short)
[2006] Razor Thin Definition of Punk (short)
[2006] Anarchist King (short)