About

Tatiana Saavedra was born in Vila Real de Santo António in 1987. After completing her degree in Cinema, Video, and Multimedia Communication, she gained international recognition through the European course and competition Cinema and Industry Alliance for Knowledge, winning first prize with the documentary series Under the Light. She has lived in the United States, China, Spain, and Germany, and currently resides in Lisbon. In 2012, she won the Zon Award with the film Quadro Branco, which she wrote and directed. Her films have been screened at various national and international festivals, with the most recent, O Descanso na Intensidade das Cores, premiering at DocLisboa. In 2020, she wrote and directed the RTP series Olá, como te sentes?, and in 2024, she was responsible for the cinematography of Pés na Terra, also for RTP.

As a photographer, she held her first solo exhibition, A paisagem não sabe do silêncio que tecemos, at Collectif in Lisbon, 2024. Her work has been exhibited in several galleries and published in national and international magazines. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including ImageNation in Paris in 2023. Invited to teach, she leads basic and professional courses as well as workshops at IPF (Portuguese Institute of Photography) and IPCI (Institute of Cultural Production and Image) in Lisbon. Currently, she works as a photographer at Canva, contributing to the creation of inclusive content. She is also a member of the Hans Lucas studio in Paris, collaborating with leading professionals in contemporary visual expression.

Her work, both in cinema and photography, carries a strong existential dimension and an ongoing search for the memory of who we are.

Press & Interviews

Dodho Magazine - Our Culture Mag - VOGUE - Newspaper Libération - PARQ Magazine - Atoms Photography - Público - Revista PRIMA - Revista RUA - Analogue Magazine - Curated by Girls -Container Love - Artes & Contextos - FALCON Magazine - Cherry Deck - Art Fucks Me - Art Digest - Shoot Film Magazine - Photo Cinematica - Nightwalker Magazine - Kluid Magazine - World View Magazine - Eecstaticc - Nihao Portugal - The WalkMan Magazine - Mull it Over - Nasty Magazine - 9lives Magazine - Classics Magazine - Gerador - Concetta Magazine - TOP POSTERS – - Ramona - New Men - International-Culture - Fisheye Magazine - ArtAboutMagazine-analog - UandArts - Pornceptual - Descendências

Exhibitions

Curated By Girls 2022 - Lisbon ; ImageNation Paris 2021/2023 - Paris ; A paisagem não Sabe do Silêncio que Tecemos at Collectif 2024 - Lisbon ; The International Photography Exhibition Portugal 2024 - Lisbon

Festivals

DocLisboa – Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Cinema no Feminino – Festival Giacometti
– Vistacurta – WOMAN Media Arts and Film Festival – Baghdad International Film Festival (BIFF) – Festival International du Documentaire – Femina – Shortcutz Lisboa- 8a Mostra do Documentário Português – XIV Encontros de Cinema de Viana – Prémio PrimeiroOlhar – Curta Arruda – Out of the Box, Arte & Cinema – ArtFemme, Artes no Feminino – Prémio ZON – Best Short Film – Fantasporto – Ciclo “Curto” de Cinema Português – Over&Out – PUFF Film Festival – Selection Porto7 -Festival AVANCA – 3a Edição do Curtas e Vinho Verde – 9500 Cineclube – Curtas em flagrante – Festival de Cinema e Curtas do Parque – Frame Canon Portugal – Ensaios Visuais Caminhos do Cinema Português- Exposição Condicionamento, Museu da Cidade – Next Reel International Film Festival – Ópera Prima en Corto
– TAU International Film Festival – Summer Nights Series, Washington Square – Festival de Cinema de Cabo Verde – Fest A ́Film, festival du Film Lusophone – Porto7 – 3a Edição do Curtas e Vinho Verde