Simão Cayatte
Simão Cayatte is a Portuguese/Finnish filmmaker and actor.
He studied theatre at Goldsmiths University London and graduated in film from Columbia University in New York City as a Gulbenkian Fellow. His graduation film “A Viagem” premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival – Cinéfondation Competition and played festivals around the world. His short “Menina” won the Portuguese Sophia Academy Award for Best Short Film of 2017. His feature film script “Vadio” (initially “Sandra”) received the 2016 ICA national financing fund for first feature film with Ukbar Filmes.
About his experience at LIM
Vadio
LIM | Less is More 2017
When thirteen year-old André is abandoned by his father he befriends Sandra, a troubled young mother hiding next door. Together they go on a journey in search of their loved ones across the desolate and unforgiving landscape of Alentejo.
