
António Costa Valente
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- June 16, 1961
António Costa Valente holds a PhD in Communication Sciences and Technologies from the University of Aveiro. He was a visiting professor at the public universities of Aveiro and Vila Real and director of the Theater and Cinema Department at ESAP – Escola Superior Artística do Porto. He directs the AVANCA Film Festival since 1997, the scientific conference AVANCA|CINEMA since 2010 and coordinates the “Prémio Eng.º. Fernando Gonçalves Lavrador ”, awarded annually to the best academic research on cinema. He is coordinator of Europe in the “International Federation of Film Societies” and national coordinator of “INPUT-TV”, an international conference that annually brings together public televisions from around the world. He is co-editor of the “International Journal of Cinema”. He has produced and directed films that have been distinguished with more than three hundred awards at festivals on all continents. Among them, he produced and co-directed the first feature film of Portuguese animation cinema. He is the author of several books, book chapters and other scientific publications. It has several doctoral and master’s thesis orientations completed. He is a reviewer of several national and international scientific conferences and journals. Research Interests: Cinema studies; Communication Sciences and Technologies; Art Studies; Artistic expressions. Latests Publications: Costa Valente, A. (2020). Viagens pelo Éter, um cinema após 2008. Avanca, Portugal: debatEvolution. ISBN 978-989-54075-7-6 Costa Valente, A. (2020). (des)possível prefácio. In Federico Fellini a inevitabilidade da arte (pp. 7-12). debatEvolution, 7-12. Avanca, Portugal: debatEvolution. ISBN 978-989-54075-6-9 Costa Valente, A. (2019). Entre dois Planos Nacionais – o reduzido cinema português e o grande espaço da literatura (pp.47-59). In Cinema e Outras Artes I: Diálogos e Inquietudes Artísticas. Covilhã, Portugal: Labcom IFP. ISBN: 978-989-654-583-3 Guzmán, N., Lloret, N., Costa Valente, A. (2019). Plataformas de creación colaborativa em el audiovisual. In Avanca Cinema (pp. 859-865). Edições Cineclube de Avanca, 2019. https://doi.org/10.37390/ac.v0i0.80
Filmography
- TERRAM – Terra e mar
TERRAM – Terra e mar TBA
Producer

A Portuguese Sadness 2025
Thanks

Idol Creators 2025
Producer

Cloak of Honors, The tale of the boy and the old men 2023
Producer

Já Nada Sei 2022
Producer

A espuma e o Leão 2022
Producer

O Antiquário 2022
Producer
- Famille FC
Famille FC 2021
Producer

Entre Sonhos 2021
Producer

Carnaval Sujo 2021
Associate Producer

Boca do Inferno 2019
Producer

Uma Vida Sublime 2018
Producer

Landing 2016
Producer

Fatal Sin 2013
Producer

Prescription 2012
Associate Producer
- Tale of the Wind
Tale of the Wind 2010
Producer
- Desta Água...
Desta Água... 2010
Producer
- Café
Café 2009
Producer

a cat without a name 2009
Producer

To The Top Of The World 2008
Director
- Área Protegida
Área Protegida 2007
Producer
Credits from TMDB.