Born in Porto (Portugal) in 1994, Tomás Paula Marques studied Directing in Lisbon Theatre and Film School. Their first short film SEM ARMAS premiered in IndieLisboa 2016 and their graduation film EM CASO DE FOGO (2019) has been travelling internationally, having won the Orona Prize in San Sebastián International Film Festival. Since then, they postgraduated in Sociology and worked in editing with directors like João Pedro Rodrigues, Cristiana Cruz Forte and Daniel Veloso. Paula Marques is currently developing a master's project at Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola.