Miguel Gomes was born in Lisbon in 1972. He is a Portuguese film director and screenwriter. With a degree in Film, he worked as a film critic and directed 6 short films presented and awarded at major international festivals (Oberhausen, Belfort, Vila do Conde, Locarno, Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, Viennale). Miguel Gomes directed 8 fiction features among which “The Face You Deserve” (Belfort, 2004), “Our Beloved Month of August” (Director’s Fortnight 2008) and “Tabu” (Berlinale Competition 2012: Alfred Bauer and FIPRESCI awards). “Grand Tour”(2024), his latest feature, was supported by Eurimages, and sold to over 60 territories after the premiere in Cannes’ Competition, winning the Best Director Award.