Gabriel Abrantes is one of the the artists who received the Support for Creation Production 2024, granted by “La Caixa” Foundation. More news about Abrantes’ Ghost Talk project soon.

Gabriel Abrantes is one of the finalists of the Norberto Fernandes Prize – Art and Technology Category. The Prize Exhibition, opening October 18th at 6 PM , can be visited at Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações.

Gabriel Abrantes participates in the group show The future rises with each dawn at MU.SA, Portugal, September 28th to November 24th, with the painting THE SPLASH.

Gabriel Abrantes presents Contemporânea Film(e): Screening programmed by Gabriel Abrantes, at Cinema Batalha, Porto, exploring themes related to class, nationalism, revolution and protest.

Gabriel Abrantes participates in the group show A Revolução na Noite at Centro de Arte Oliva, S. João da Madeira, Portugal, October 21st to May 12th.

Gabriel Abrantes' ARTIFICIAL HUMORS will be screened in the group show "Modern Love or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies" at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, curated by Katerina Gregos.

Gabriel Abrantes' feature film A SEMENTE DO MAL / AMELIA'S CHILDREN won the Jury Prize at the 31st edition of Festival International du Film Fantastique de Gérardmer, in France.

Gabriel Abrantes participates in the screening program Touch and Swipe, at Tate Modern, with the short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, February 14, from 6:30 to 8 PM.

Gabriel Abrantes will be participating in the group show Handle with Care at Galeria Francisco Fino, curated by Ana Cristina Cachola. Visit from Dec 4th to Feb 12th to see Gabriel Abrantes' painting THE FLUTE PLAYER.

Gabriel Abrantes participates in the group show Escola de Libertinagem at Galeria Francisco Fino, curated by Alexandre Melo. Be sure to visit between June 8th and July 30th to see Gabriel Abrantes' painting THE SPLASH.

Gabriel Abrantes participates in the group show Garganta at Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães, Portugal, May 7th to September 18th, with the paintings THE DRUMMER, THE LUTE PLAYER and THE TRUMPET PLAYER.

Gabriel Abrantes' short film Oρνιθες / ORNITHES - BIRDS will be featured in the group exhibition "A War in the Distance", a collaboration between Neue Galerie Graz and steirischer herbst ’22, from Sep 22nd to Oct 16th.

Gabriel Abrantes’ first feature film A SEMENTE DO MAL / AMELIA’S CHILDREN premieres in the USA March 1st 2024.

A SEMENTE DO MAL / AMELIA’S CHILDREN is having its national premiere at the Motel X - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, included in the section Prémio Méliès d'argent - Melhor Longa Europeia.

Gabriel Abrantes’ first feature film A SEMENTE DO MAL / AMELIA’S CHILDREN premieres in France in over 200 movie theaters on January 31st.

Gabriel Abrantes’ first feature film A SEMENTE DO MAL / AMELIA’S CHILDREN premieres in Portugal on January 18th 2024, distributed by Cinema NOS.

Visit Calouste Gulbenkian's garden until May 3rd, to see a Brief History of Princess X by Gabriel Abrantes inside a shipping container. The Show is called Cam in Motion, a cycle of videos curated by Patricia Rosas.

Read what José Marmeleira from Jornal Publico has to say about Gabriel's most recent Screening "Quatro Contos".

Gabriel Abrantes's Quatro Contos premieres at Cinema Medeia Nimas, in a compilation of 4 short films that complement each other like tales.

DIAMANTINO is nominated for seven Sophia Awards: Best Picture, Best Directors, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Secondary Role, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects.

LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE is competing for the Best European Short Film Award at the Award Ceremony of the EFA - European Film Awards.

LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE, by Gabriel Abrantes, wins the Cinema of Tomorrow Jury Award at the 41st Cairo International Film Festival.

LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE will be presented November 9th, at 8pm, at the ZINEBI Festival, as part of the Official Competition. The festival runs until November 15th in Bilbao.

THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS will be screened November 8th, at 8pm, as part of the section The Future is a Space Oddity at the International Competition of the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur.

Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Salvador da Baía, Brazil, features LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE, by Gabriel Abrantes, at Espaço Itaú de Cinema, as part of the Portuguese Panorama.

LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE, by Gabriel Abrantes, will be part of Viennale's program, one of the most important Austrian festivals.

European Film Awards announces the 5 candidates for Best Short Film of 2019. LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE, is among the 5 nominated films submitted to the 3,600 EFA Members.

LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE travels to the Reykjavik Film Festival and premieres in Tangier Short Film Festival. Also shown at BFI London Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.

Riga, Latvia, will host the second innovation festival iNOVUSS (Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūra - LIAA). Curated by Anna Zača, the film program includes Gabriel Abrantes' THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS.

LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE by Gabriel Abrantes, wins the Best Fiction Award - International Competition of Curtas Vila do Conde, the nomination for the EFA and the Audience Award - SPA.

World premiere of LES EXTRAORDINARES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE, by Gabriel Abrantes, at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs - Cannes.

Screening of the short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, at the International Competition of the Festival Silhouette 2018, at Parc de la Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge, in Paris.

Screening of the film DIAMANTINO, co-directed with Daniel Schmidt, at Kinoscope section at Sarajevo Film Festival, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Screening of the film DIAMANTINO, co-directed with Daniel Schmidt, at the European Competition at MIFF – Melbourne International Film Festival, in Australia.

Screening of the short films FREUD UND FRIENDS and THE HUNCHBACK (co-directed with B. Rivers), at Desterro, within the 3rd program of Filmes na Cave, an event organized by Portugal Film – Portuguese Film Agency.

DIAMANTINO is having its national premiere at the opening night of the 26th Curtas Vila do Conde, included in the section Da Curta à Longa / From Short to Features.

DIAMANTINO (2018) will have its Suisse premiere at NIFFF - Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

The short film LIBERDADE (co-directed with Benjamin Crotty), will be screened at the Cinematheque Passion, in Macau, along with the film DJON ÁFRICA, the most recent feature film by Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra.

DIAMANTINO will be screened as part of the Another View section, at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

The short film THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS is screened as part of the Portuguese Film Showcase in Macau, an event organized by Portugal Film–Portuguese Film Agency, with the support of IndieLisboa International Film Festival.

DIAMANTINO, Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt’s debut feature film, will have its national premiere at the opening night of the 26th Curtas Vila do Conde, in the section Da Curta à Longa / From Short to Features.

The short film A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, will be screened in competition at the Fastnet Film Festival, in Schull, Ireland.

DIAMANTINO, Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt’s debut feauture film, wins the Grand Prize of the Semaine de La Critique at Cannes Film Festival.

The short film A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, will be screened at LISFE 2018 – Leiden International Short Film Experience. The festival will take place between 10th-13th May in Leiden, Netherlands.

DIAMANTINO, Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt’s first feature film will have its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival at the La Semaine de La Critique.

The short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, will be screened as part of the event Hotspot Portugal, at Cinema in De Studio, in Antwerp, in Belgium.

DIAMANTINO, Gabriel Abrantes’s first feature film (co-directed with Daniel Schmidt) has been selected to the feature film competition at the La Semaine de La Critique at Cannes Film Festival.

The short film THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, is screened as part of the competition European Film Awards: Short Matters! at Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

The short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, has won the Grand Jury Prize of the National Competition at Córtex – Sintra Short Film Festival. 

The short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, is screened as part of the International Competition of the Frames – Portuguese Film Festival 2018, in Stockholm, Sweden.

The short film THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, will be screened as part of the Oficial Competitive Section Iberoamerican Short Films at the 33th FICG - Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara.

The short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, will be screened as part of the International Competition at the 24th International Short Film Week Regensburg.

The short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, is screened as part of the International Competition at the 13th Prague Short Film Festival.

The short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, is screened as part of The Audience Applauds Program of the London Short Film Festival.

Award Ceremony of EFA – European Film Awards 2017, in Berlin, in which the short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, competes for the Best Short Film Award.

The short film FREUD UND FRIENDS by Gabriel Abrantes will be presented at the program Curtas às Quartas on the TVCine channels (Portugal).

The short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS by Gabriel Abrantes wins the Best Short Film Award at the 23rd Caminhos do Cinema Português.

The short film A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X by Gabriel Abrantes will be presented at the program Curtas às Quartas on the TVCine channels (Portugal).

The short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS by Gabriel Abrantes will be presented at the program Curtas às Quartas on the TVCine channels (Portugal).

The short film A HISTORY OF MUTUAL RESPECT by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt (2010) is presented at the program Curtas às Quartas on the TVCine channels (Portugal).

FRATELLI by Gabriel Abrantes and Alexandre Melo (2012) is screened in Paris, as part of the retrospective dedicated to Matías Piñeiro at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume.

The short film A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, wins the Best Zoom Rights Film for Youth Award at the Pravo Ljudski Film Festival, in Sarajevo.

Gabriel Abrantes' short film A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X wins the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actress — Joana Barrios and the Public Award at FIKE —Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Évora, Portugal.

OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS by Gabriel Abrantes is part of the International Competition of the Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, in Brazil.

OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS by Gabriel Abrantes wins the Mention of the Jury Nouvelles Vagues at the Festival International du Film de La Roche-Sur-Yon.

OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, is part of the International Competition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, in Canada.

OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, is part of the International Competition of BFI – London Film Festival, in UK.

OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, is part of the International Competition - Radar of CurtoCircuito – Festival Internacional de Cine, in Santiago de Compostela.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, is nominated for the César Awards – Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, the most important film award in France.

The short films THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS (2016), THE HUNCHBACK (2016, co-directed by B. Rivers) and A HISTORY OF MUTUAL RESPECT (2010, co-directed by D. Schmidt) are screened together at the GNRation Braga, Portugal.

OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, wins the Best Director Award at the 25th Curtas Vila do Conde.

THE HUNCHBACK (2016, directed by Gabriel Abrantes and Ben Rivers) is screened at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation as part of the program ‘A Gulbenkian e o Cinema Português’.

THE HUNCHBACK (2016, directed by Gabriel Abrantes and Ben Rivers) is screened at the Cinemateca Paixão, in Macau, as part of the ‘Portuguese Film Showcase in Macau’.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, receives the Special Mention at the ART FILM FEST Košice 2017 in Slovakia.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, receives the Jury Prize for Best Fiction at the VIS - Vienna Shorts Festival.

The Portuguese Cinematheque screens 5 films by Gabriel Abrantes as part of  the cycle Cinema Português: Novos Olhares, including THE HUNCHBACK (co-directed by B. Rivers) and A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X.

Second complete retrospective of the work of Gabriel Abrantes (first time in Europe), at Sicilia Queer FilmFest. The focus, consisting of a selection of 18 films made over the last decade (2006 – 2016).

First complete retrospective of the work of Gabriel Abrantes, at BAFICI – Festival Internacional de Cine Independente, Buenos Aires. The focus, consisting of a selection of 18 films made over the last decade (2006-2016).

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, receives the Special Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

THE HUNCHBACK (2016, directed by Gabriel Abrantes and Ben Rivers) wins the Prix des Distributeurs / Distributors’ Prize at the 15th Festival du Cinéma de Brive.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, wins the Special Mention of the Jury at the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival – BIEFF.

Gabriel Abrantes participates in the 16th Lyon Biennale curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath. The Bienal will take place in its usual venues and some locations throughout the city.

"Melancolia Programada" wins 2021 SPA's authors award in the category of best visual arts exhibition.

On the 23rd of September, Artnet published an article recapping the events of 25th edition of the Liste Art Fair. Read what they had to say about Gabriel Abrantes "Stimulating Feels" exhibit.

Have you been to this year's Liste Art Fair in Basel? Visit booth 2 to see Francisco Fino Gallery showing an exhibition by Gabriel Abrantes called "Stimulating Feels".

From July 24th until October 3rd, you can go see Animations at the Salzburger Kunstverein. Check out Salzburger Kunsteverein's Webpage to see a guided tour of the exhibition done by Gabriel Abrantes.

Alexandre Melo writes an article on Gabriel Abrantes' Exhibition "Melancolia Programada / Programmed Melancholy" at MAAT for Artforum Magazine.

Justin Jaeckle interviews Gabriel Abrantes for Contemporânea magazine, about his most recent exhibition "Melancolia Programada / Programmed Melancholy", at MAAT - Lisbon.

"Melancolia Programada / Programmed Melancholy" - MAAT receives a five star review by Celso Martins from Jornal Expresso.

ARCO Madrid - International Contemporary Art Fair is ready to start! From February 26th till March 1st find out Gabriel Abrantes' new works at Francisco Fino's Gallery Booth.

Gabriel Abrantes presents his solo show "Melancolia Programada" / "Programmed Melancholy" at MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, in Lisbon. The exhibition will be open until May 19th, 2020.

LOOP Barcelona is officially on! The video OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, can be found at Almanac Hotel, ROOM 101, until November 21st.

The video A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabril Abrantes, is part "Metamorphosis. Art in Europe Now", a group show presenting the diversity of voices and vitality of exchanges animating the European artistic scene.

"Tandem: Gabriel Abrantes and Belén Uriel" opens at Alexander and Bonin Gallery, NY, USA, with works by Gabriel Abrantes and Belén Uriel. The exhibition, curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas, will be held until April 27.

Screening of five videos at La Casa Encendida: OLYMPIA I & II (co-directed by K. Widloski), ORNITHES, TAPROBANA, A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS as part of the cycle Monographic Gabriel Abrantes.

The video OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, will be presented at the INELCOM Contemporary Art Collection, in Spain.

The video A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X by Gabriel Abrantes is part of the collective exhibition ‘Género na Arte’ / ‘Gender in Art’ at the MNAC – Museum of Contemporary Art, in Chiado, Portugal.

The video OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAIL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, is part of the collective exhibition ‘The Humors’ at the Monash University Museum of Art – MUMA, in Australia.

The video A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, is part of the exhibition ‘Uma coleção = Um Museu’ / ‘A Collection = A Museum’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Elvas, Portugal.

The video THE HUNCHBACK, by Gabriel Abrantes and Ben Rivers, is part of the exhibition ‘Terra’ / ‘Earth’ at the Solar – Cinematic Art Gallery in Vila do Conde, Portugal.