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Nicole Noia

Born December 13, 1996 · Porto, Portugal (age 29)

Nicole Noia (1996, Porto) is a film director and photographer. She's from a small town in Northern Portugal called Aves - which she's quite proud of being from. Coming from a very nostalgic family, it was looking to her family archives of VHS, Super 8, and photographs that portray their experiences, that she discovered her passion about stories told from a personal perspective and family portraits…

Known For

Slave Island

Slave Island · 2025

MovieDocumentary

Activist Jeremy Kewuan faces the invisible power of ideology and faith as he combats traditions of present-day slavery on a remote Indonesian island.

No Planes Flying

No Planes Flying

No Planes Flying

MovieDocumentary

A reflection on time, the act of observation, the future and the concept of happiness. Within the context of the pandemic and social isolation, Marta and Matilda exchange letters through e-mail portraying intimately a generation.

I fear the end of things

I fear the end of things · 2023

I fear the end of things

MovieDocumentary

Fernando lived most of his life as a merchant in São Tomé de Negrelos, where he met the love of his life, Mariazinha. His life changed and Fernando died with a broken heart.

Woman of my people

Woman of my people · 2022

Woman of my people

MovieDocumentary

Part of Vale do Ave historical context, Woman of my people takes us on a journey through the textile factories and their stories. Conceição, the director's grandmother, tells her personal story, reflecting on the role of women in the factory in the social context of Vila das Aves in the sixties.

So Small, Looking All Grown Up

So Small, Looking All Grown Up · 2024

So Small, Looking All Grown Up

This film combines fictional and documentary treatment and uses photographic archives, real images and the oral testimony of women from the regions of Trás-os-Montes, Beira, Alto and Baixo Minho who, between the 1940s and 1980s, came to Porto to work as domestic servants.

Supernatural

Supernatural · 2025

MovieDocumentary

Centers on André Malby, a well-respected shaman believed to have healed many people. He is revisited by a devoted believer convinced that he saved her life, and his estranged son, Mathu, an orthodox doctor who turned away from his father’s path.

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Slave Island

Slave Island · 2025

MovieDocumentary

Activist Jeremy Kewuan faces the invisible power of ideology and faith as he combats traditions of present-day slavery on a remote Indonesian island.

Assistant Editor

No Planes Flying

No Planes Flying

No Planes Flying

MovieDocumentary

A reflection on time, the act of observation, the future and the concept of happiness. Within the context of the pandemic and social isolation, Marta and Matilda exchange letters through e-mail portraying intimately a generation.

Co-Director

I fear the end of things

I fear the end of things · 2023

I fear the end of things

MovieDocumentary

Fernando lived most of his life as a merchant in São Tomé de Negrelos, where he met the love of his life, Mariazinha. His life changed and Fernando died with a broken heart.

Director of Photography

Woman of my people

Woman of my people · 2022

Woman of my people

MovieDocumentary

Part of Vale do Ave historical context, Woman of my people takes us on a journey through the textile factories and their stories. Conceição, the director's grandmother, tells her personal story, reflecting on the role of women in the factory in the social context of Vila das Aves in the sixties.

Director

So Small, Looking All Grown Up

So Small, Looking All Grown Up · 2024

So Small, Looking All Grown Up

This film combines fictional and documentary treatment and uses photographic archives, real images and the oral testimony of women from the regions of Trás-os-Montes, Beira, Alto and Baixo Minho who, between the 1940s and 1980s, came to Porto to work as domestic servants.

Editor

Supernatural

Supernatural · 2025

MovieDocumentary

Centers on André Malby, a well-respected shaman believed to have healed many people. He is revisited by a devoted believer convinced that he saved her life, and his estranged son, Mathu, an orthodox doctor who turned away from his father’s path.

Post Production Coordinator