Welcome to PÁTIO.
PÁTIO means courtyard in Portuguese.
In this PÁTIO there is a fountain and a group of creative people.
We make films, music videos, design, sound design, we put on our own events and gatherings and film others.
We come from different cities and have work experience in cinema, design, video, sound design, arquitecture, art curation and cultural programming.
The Courtyard
Pátio was formed in 2018 as an informal collective of visual artists and filmmakers. Four years later, it was officially established as a cultural association based in the Algarve, with activities throughout the country. Its members come from different cities and find their meeting point in the courtyards of Lisbon. Their backgrounds and experiences range from film and design to event production, video and photography, and sound. They all share a vision of cinema and culture as social transformers.
Some of the initiatives include Cinema no Estendal (a traveling short film festival), the creation of video installations (2018 Sardinhas em Petróleo, 2019 Santos Pecadores, 2020, A Carta - uma vídeo carta), sound installations (2020 Festival Lisboa Soa), music videos for various bands, and the production of short films (2022 Última Hora, 2023 Casa Bonjardim).
Although the association was officially established in 2022, the collective has been working together since 2018, collaborating with other entities such as the Bairros association, EGEAC, CIM - Centro de Inovação da Mouraria, Bóia - a cultural association, DRCAlgarve, and Cultura em Expansão do Porto.
Members
Ricardo Guerreiro - with a degree in Cinematography from the University of Creative Arts - Farnham, he worked as a projectionist at the Cinemateca Portuguesa in 2021/2022. He now directs and edits, with his recent film "Última Hora" winning the Jury Prize at the Trame Indipendenti Festival in Italy.
Kim Schädlich - designer, scenographer, and film animator. She studied Graphic Design at ETIC in Lisbon and Illustration at ESDIP in Berlin. Kim currently animates for the series "Karambolage" on the Franco-German channel ARTE.
Ricardo Dias - graduated in Cinematography from the University of Creative Arts - Farnham, in the United Kingdom. He works as a camera assistant and director of photography.
Camille Salvetti - filmmaker and sound technician, completed her Master's in Film Production at Concordia University in Canada, with her short film "Casa Bonjardim", winner of the Architecture Film Competition at the International Short Film Week of Regensburg, 2024. Currently, she divides her time between Berlin and Porto, directing short films on architecture.
Elizabeth Ibbett - trained in fashion, textile design, art psychotherapy and make-up, Liz has worked on various theatre, film, advertising and performance projects as a costume designer or make-up artist, in the UK and internationally, on land and at sea.
Miguel Madeira - Composer and Sound Designer, graduated from Lusíada University in Lisbon, completed a Postgraduate Degree at ICMP University - The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, in London, United Kingdom. He currently works for SIC and does post production for music and cinema.
Ken Polster - Architect and 3D visualization artist, he worked in recent years at David Chipperfield Architects in Berlin. Ken graduated from Bauhaus University in Weimar, where he developed a keen interest in visual communication, particularly through film and photography. He currently works as a freelancer, both as an architect and filmmaker, for various architecture studios, including Kuehn Malvezzi and Henning Larsen.