Luis Urbano

Producer of
O GEBO E A SOMBRA & TABU

Born in 1968, in 1996, he founded the cultural production co-operative, Curtas Metragens, CRL who organizes the Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival. He is one of the Festival´s directors and since 2000 has spearheaded the Portuguese Short Film Agency. In 2005, he joined Sandro Aguilar in the production company, O Som e a Fúria.
Lately he produced OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST by Miguel Gomes (Cannes 2008), UPRISE by Sandro Aguilar (Locarno 2008), RUINS by Manoel Mozos (FID Marseille 2009), THE SWORD AND THE ROSE by João Nicolau (Venice 2010), TABU by Miguel Gomes and O GEBO E A SOMBRA, a feature film by Manoel de Oliveira.