Bad Seed

Portugal  | 2019 |  15 minutes |  Director: Guilherme Daniel 

A black seed takes root in the spirit of a man and a woman. A couple cultivates seemingly infertile ground. One day they find a dark seed on the soil. That seed will grow and become a strange influence on their behavior.

Guilherme Daniel graduated in Applied Mathematics before joining the School of Theater and Cinema in 2009, where he finished his course in Image (Film Direction). There he made two films, “Vanishing Point” (2011) and “The Silence of Mermaids” (2012). Since 2012, he has worked in Cinema and Advertising in the Image area, which allows him to develop a deep knowledge on the technique that involves an artistic creation. As a cinematographer he has participated in 14 short films, 4 documentaries and one feature film (Leonardo António's "Submission" (2019)). At the same time, he regularly writes and produces short films in close collaboration with Raquel Santos, such as “Maria” (Joana Viegas, 2014) and “Ermida” (Vasco Esteves, 2015). As a director he signed “After Silence” (2017), and “The Strange House in the Mist” (2018). Both films won awards at national and international festivals, the last being deserved the Grand Prize at the MOTELx 2018 Festival.