Ico Costa

from Lisbon, Portugal

Artwork for Cidade Rabat

Biography

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.

Timeline

2025

  • Poster for Balane 3

    Writer

2024

  • Poster for Cidade Rabat

    João Allen

  • Poster for Tomorrow Is a Long Time

    Producer

  • Poster for Gold Songs

    Producer

  • Poster for The Human Surge 3

    Producer

2023

  • Poster for Timkat

    Producer

2022

  • Poster for Waters of Pastaza

    Producer

  • Poster for Domy + Ailucha: Ket Stuff!

    Director

2019

  • Poster for Alva

    Writer

2018

2017

  • Poster for Searching Nafta

    Editor

  • Poster for Uproar, Eclipse

    Producer

2013

2012

  • Poster for Four Hours Barefoot

    Editor