Holy Family
A rift with the Catholic Church forces a nun to return to an idea of family where the chasm between dogma and faith will lead to an irreversible decision.
Diogo S. Figueira
fiction / 22’ / 2023
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Indielisboa 2023 (Portugal) - Brand New Competition
FEST — New Directors | New Films Festival (Portugal) - National Grand Prix Competition
PRODUCTION CREDITS
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PRODUCTION CREDITS 〰️
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Diogo S. Figueira
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SOUND DIRECTOR
ART DIRECTOR AND COSTUMES
Nádia Henriques
Guilherme Daniel
Tomé Palmeirim
MAKE UP AND HAIR
LINE PRODUCTION
EDITING
SOUND DESIGN
COLOUR GRADING
VFX
DESIGN AND ARTWORK
Inês Bento
Francisco Carvalho
Andreia Bertini
Joana Niza Braga
Pedro Cabeleira
Catarina Santiago
Afonso Santos
Vasco Esteves, Luís Galvão Teles and Diogo S. Figueira
PRODUCED BY
Diogo S. Figueira co-wrote the short film By Flávio, premiered at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival and was one of the screenwriters of the RTP1 series Três Mulheres (whose first season was nominated for the PRIX Europa, the Sophia Awards and the SPA Authors Award) and the documentary O Labirinto da Saudade (winner of the Sophia Award for Best Documentary).
In 2020, he was selected for the Canneseries Institute, the artistic residency of the Canneseries festival. Since 2021, he premiered two plays and co-wrote the TV adaptation of Miguel Sousa Tavares' novel Madrugada Suja, which will premiere in 2023.
Among other projects in development, he wrote Entroncamento, a dramatic feature film produced by OPTEC, directed by Pedro Cabeleira, to be shot in late 2022.
Sagrada Família marks Diogo's directorial debut.
