Nicole Noia, 28 years-old filmmaker and photographer from Porto, Portugal, based in Antwerp, Belgium. What does this say about me? Absolutely nothing. So I’m going to tell a little bit more about myself, so you can understand where my work comes from.
I’m from a small town in Northern Portugal called Vila das Aves. I spend a lot of time looking through windows, and also a reasonable amount of time thinking about how nostalgic it makes me feel. I came from a very nostalgic family, and it was looking to my family archives of VHS, Super 8, and photographs that portray our stories, over the years, that I discovered I'm passionate about stories told from a personal perspective and family portraits on film.
With a degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Porto and a specialisation on Multimedia, I started my career at Canal180. For almost 6 years (2018-2023), I filmed, edited, photographed, writed and produced contents for their digital platforms. My passion for the archives motivated me to study for a masters in Documentary Cinema, which I finished in 2022 at ESMAD. My thesis, “Documentary cinema born from Memory and its relationship with death: Directing I fear the end of things,” reflects my deep interest in the narrative and visual power of memory.
My first short-film Mulher da minha gente (Women of my people) was screened at IndieLisboa and Curtas Vila do Conde film festivals. Tenho medo do fim das coisas (I fear the end of things), my second short-film second short film and the final project of my Master’s Degree in Documentary Cinema, premiered at Porto/Post/Doc in 2023 and was also part of Porto Femme’s 2024 competition.
In 2024 I moved to Antwerp in Belgium to work at the film production company Harald House and post-production facility The Post Office. I currently work as post-production manager, assistant editor, data wrangler, head of submissions and production assistant on several films, such as feature films Slave Island (2025) by Jimmy Hendrickx and Jeremy Kewuan, Supernatural (2025) by Ventura Durall, Epilogues (2024) by Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon or La Fille (2024) by Jorge Sermini. Other projects still to be released include Shadow of Injustice: Mother by İbrahim Karatay, Trona by Emanuele Mengotti and 24 Strong by Rieneke Van Santen.
In the past years, I‘ve also worked as a freelancer editor, data wrangler, and assistant director. Of particular note is Tânia Dinis most recent short-film Tão Pequeninas, Tinham Ar de Serem Já Crescidas (2024), which premiered at IndieLisboa and won Best Portuguese Short Film by IndieLisboa and Best Portuguese Documentary by MDOC for which I was the editor. I’ve also been a moderator for the past two editions of Portuguese International Film Festival Family Film Project.
CONTACT
If you think we should collaborate (or you'd like to be friends), get in touch at hellonicolenoia@gmail.com