Vasco Gil

Vasco Gil is a Portuguese filmmaker and visual artist working across documentary, animation and experimental film. They were born in Porto and grew up in a small village in northern Portugal.

While studying Cinema, Gil began exploring documentary filmmaking, co-directing Sensible Soccers: Manoel. In 2024, they began developing a feature-length documentary centred on a painter and the village where they grew up, a project that remains ongoing.

Around the same period, they began exploring animation, developing Made of Tiny Boxes, a traditionally animated short film, and later directing Before We Squeak, which received the Special Jury Prize at the Yeosu International Film Festival in South Korea and screened at several international festivals.

Alongside their work in digital filmmaking, after graduating Gil started exploring analogue film formats. They have also worked with Canal180, a Portuguese cultural platform, and collaborated with artists, filmmakers and cultural institutions.