From 5th of April till 3rd of May, you can visit Calouste Gulbenkian's garden, where inside a shipping container you can see a Brief History of Princess X by Gabriel Abrantes. The Show is called Cam in Motion, it is a cycle of videos curated by Patricia Rosas, starting on the 11th of January with Vasco Araújo followed by Ana Vidigal and Maria Lusitano and ending with Gabriel's work.

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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 on October 29th 2020 at 7pm. This compilation of 4 short films - “Freud and Friends”; "A brief story of Princess X"; "Artificial Humors";" Les Extraordinaires Mésaventures de la Jeune Fille de Pierre" - complement each other like tales.

DIAMANTINO, Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Shmidt's debut feature, 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. The winners will be announced on March 22nd, at Casino do Estoril.

LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE is competing today for the Best European Short Film Award at the Award Ceremony of the EFA - European Film Awards. The director, Gabriel Abrantes, will attend the ceremony.

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 tomorrow at 20h00 at the ZINEBI Festival, as part of the Official Competition. The festival runs until November 15th in Bilbao.

THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, directed by Gabriel Abrantes, will be screened tomorrow at 20h00, as part of the section The Future is a Space Oddity at the International Competition of the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur. The festival will be held until November 10th.

Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema started today and will be held until November 6th, in Salvador da Baía, Brazil. Among short and feature films, LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE, by Gabriel Abrantes, will be shown 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, which starts today.

Today the European Film Awards announced the 5 candidates for Best Short Film of 2019. LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE, directed by Gabriel Abrantes, is among the 5 nominated films which will soon be submitted to the more than 3,600 EFA Members to elect the winner. The European Short Film 2019 will then be presented at the 32nd European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 7 December in Berlin.

After its premiere at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs - Cannes and winning 3 awards at Curtas Vila do Conde, LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE travelled to Iceland to the Reykjavik Film Festival and premiered in Tangier Short Film Festival. Today the film will be shown at BFI London Film Festival and in three days will be presented at the New York Film Festival.

From August 30th to September 1st, Riga, Latvia, will host the second innovation festival iNOVUSS (Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūra - LIAA). The event will join together technological innovation and innovative entrepreneurship ecosystem, combining it with music and films. Curated by Anna Zača, the film program includes Gabriel Abrantes' THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS which will be screened on Saturday 31st.

LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE, the newest short directed by Gabriel Abrantes wins the Best Fiction Award at the International Competition of Curtas Vila do Conde, as well as the nomination for the European Film Awards and the Audience Award: SPA - Portuguese Society of Authors.
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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 / THEARTIFICIAL 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 (2015) and THE HUNCHBACK (2016, co-directed with Ben Rivers), at 10pm at Desterro, within the 3rd program of Filmes na Cave / Films in the Basement, an event organized by Portugal Film – Portuguese Film Agency. The screening is followed by a concert by Kafunfo noSoundsystem.

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, by Gabriel Abrantes and Benjamin Crotty (2011), 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. The two films will be screened again on July 12th, at 7.30pm.

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 OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS (2016) 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, included in the section Da Curta à Longa / From Short to Features.

The short film A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, wins the Best Documentary Award at the Fastnet Film Festival, in Schull, Ireland.

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 the 11th and the 13th of 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 film will be screened between the 9th and 17th of May.

The short film OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / 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 jury, composed by Beatriz Batarda, Cláudia Lucas Chéu and Sérgio Tréfaut, considered that “A film that desires to reach the grand public, through its provocative character and unusual humor, builds a surprising allegory on the various forms of communication between an indigenous girl and a robot.
The ceremony took place on April 15 at 4:00 pm at the Olga Cadaval Cultural Center, in Sintra, Portugal.

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 OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / 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.

The short film A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, wins the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actress – Joana Barrios along with the Public Award at FIKE – Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Évora, in 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 OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS (2016, directed by Gabriel Abrantes), THE HUNCHBACK (2016, directed by Gabriel Abrantes and Ben Rivers) and A HISTORY OF MUTUAL RESPECT (2010, directed by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt), are screened together at the Gnration auditorium in 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’ / ‘Gulbenkian and the Portuguese Cinema’.

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 short films by Gabriel Abrantes, as part of the program ‘Cinema Português: Novos Olhares III’ / ‘Portuguese Cinema: New Glances III’. OLYMPIA I & II (co-directed by Katie Widloski), VISIONARY IRAQ (co-directed by Benjamin Crotty), A HISTORY OF MUTUAL RESPECT (co-directed by Daniel Schmidt, and the most recent THE HUNCHBACK (co-directed by Ben Rivers) and A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X are screened along with the short films MATES and JULIAN by the portuguese director António da Silva.

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), includes the films ANARCHIST KING, RAZOR THIN DEFINITION OF PUNK and DEAR GOD PLEASE SAVE ME, directed in 2006 as a student at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

The restrospective includes the following titles: ANARCHIST KING (2006); RAZOR THIN DEFINITION OF PUNK (2006); DEAR GOD PLEASE SAVE ME (2006); OLYMPIA I & II (co-directed by Katie Widloski, 2006); VISIONARY IRAQ (co-directed by Benjamin Crotty, 2008), TOO MANY DADDIES, MOMMIES AND BABIES (2009), A HISTORY OF MUTUAL RESPECT (co-directed by Daniel Schmidt, 2010); PALÁCIOS DE PENA / PALACES OF PITY (co-directed by Daniel Schmidt, 2011); LIBERDADE (co-directed by Benjamin Crotty, 2011); BABY BACK COSTA RICA (2011); FRATELLI (co-directed by Alexandre Melo, 2012); ORNITHES (2012); ENNUI ENNUI (2013); TAPROBANA (2014); FREUD UND FRIENDS (2015); THE HUNCHBACK (co-directed by Ben Rivers, 2016); A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X (2016) and OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS (2016).

First complete retrospective of the work of Gabriel Abrantes, at BAFICI – Festival Internacional de Cine Independente, in Buenos Aires. The focus, consisting of a selection of 18 films made over the last decade (2006 – 2016), includes the films ANARCHIST KING, RAZOR THIN DEFINITION OF PUNK and DEAR GOD PLEASE SAVE ME, directed in 2006 as a student at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

The restrospective includes the following titles: ANARCHIST KING (2006); RAZOR THIN DEFINITION OF PUNK (2006); DEAR GOD PLEASE SAVE ME (2006); OLYMPIA I & II (co-directed by Katie Widloski, 2006); VISIONARY IRAQ (co-directed by Benjamin Crotty, 2008), TOO MANY DADDIES, MOMMIES AND BABIES (2009), A HISTORY OF MUTUAL RESPECT (co-directed by Daniel Schmidt, 2010); PALÁCIOS DE PENA / PALACES OF PITY (co-directed by Daniel Schmidt, 2011); LIBERDADE (co-directed by Benjamin Crotty, 2011); BABY BACK COSTA RICA (2011); FRATELLI (co-directed by Alexandre Melo, 2012); ORNITHES (2012); ENNUI ENNUI (2013); TAPROBANA (2014); FREUD UND FRIENDS (2015); THE HUNCHBACK (co-directed by Ben Rivers, 2016); A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X (2016) and OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS (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 is invited to participate in the 16th Lyon Biennale by curators Sam Bardaouil e Till Fellrath. Starting on September 14th, the Bienal will take place in its usual venues and some locations throughout the city in order to welcome the participation of the broadest possible public.

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"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 List Art Fair. Read what they had to say about Gabriel Abrantes "Stimulating Feels" exhibit.

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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 Kunsteverein. The exhibition shows a collection of watercolour paintings Gabriel Abrantes has done over the years and some of his newest "oil on linen" work. Check out Salzburger Kunsteverein Webpage to see a guided tour of the exbihition done by the Artist.

Alexandre Melo writes an article on Gabriel Abrantes's Exhibition at MAAT for Artforum Magazine

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

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

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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 Gabriel Abrantes, is part "Metamorphosis. Art in Europe Now", a collective exhibition that presents the diversity of voices and vitality of exchanges animating the vast European artistic scene. The exhibition will run until June 16th, 2019.

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

Screening of five videos of Gabriel Abrantes at La Casa Encendida Cultural Center, in Madrid, Spain: OLYMPIA I & II (2006, co-directed by Katie Widloski), ORNITHES (2012), TAPROBANA (2014), A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X (2016) and OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS (2016) will be presented as part of the cycle «Monográfico Gabriel Abrantes» / «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.

The video OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS / THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS, by Gabriel Abrantes, is part of the outdoor installation created for the exhibition ‘Incerteza Viva: Uma exposição a partir da 32ª Bienal de São Paulo’ / ‘Live Uncertainty: An exhibition after the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo’.

The video TOO MANY DADDIES, MOMMIES AND BABIES, by Gabriel Abrantes (2009), is part of the collective exhibition ‘NO DRAMA’ at the Iberê Camargo Foundation, in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

The video A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X, by Gabriel Abrantes, is presented at SP-Arte – São Paulo International Art Festival, with the Galeria Francisco Fino.