Born in Lisbon in 1972, he studied at the School of Theater and Cinema in the Portuguese capital and worked as a film critic. In 2012, the 36th Mostra held an early retrospective of his work, exhibiting his award- winning short films and his feature films “The Face You Deserve” (2004), “Our Beloved Month of August” (2008), critic’s prize at the 32nd Mostra, and “Tabu” (2012), awarded with the Alfred Bauer and the critics prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival. Gomes also made the “Arabian Nights” trilogy (2015) and “The Tsugua Diaries” (2021), both presented at the Cannes Film Festival and Mostra.