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Sara Allen

Senior

Creative developer • Storyteller • Designer

Biography

I am a multidisciplinary creative with a background in Communication Design, Fine Arts (Multimedia), and Audiovisual Communication (Directing and Production).

My work focuses on creative development, exploring different forms of expression — storytelling, design, illustration, and audiovisual media — to transform ideas into projects with a distinctive identity.

I am the co-creator of XS Filmes, an artistic collective I founded with my sister, primarily dedicated to creating animated short films. At XS Filmes, I am involved in project development, world and character creation, writing, design, and directing. Our films have been screened at national and international festivals and distributed across different countries.

Alongside this, I have developed design and illustration projects for theatre companies, cultural institutions, and other creative projects, working both on the conception and execution of their ideas. Over the years, I have created visual identities, illustrations, books, communication materials, and audiovisual projects.

I am particularly interested in what happens before execution: exploring possibilities, developing concepts and narratives, solving creative problems, structuring projects, and finding the best way to turn an idea into something concrete.

I enjoy working collaboratively and helping others develop their ideas, giving them shape and helping them reach further.

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced

Languages

  • Fluent/Native
  • Conversational
  • Basic

Education

2012 – 2014

Masters

Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo

Audiovisual Communication

During my master’s degree, I developed two short films: Apneia (2013) and The Girl Who Imagined a Story (2014). The latter was accompanied by a final-year dissertation entitled Hybrid Cinema: Combining Live Action and Animation to Represent Different Worlds and Aesthetics.

2008 – 2012

Bachelors

Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto

Fine Arts - Multimedia