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AI STUDIO · BEHIND THE SCENES
Lisbon · everywhere
Making the
impossible
visible.
Ambitious stories. Smarter budgets.
An independent creative studio where storytelling, generative AI and product thinking become films, worlds and digital experiences.
SEE SELECTED WORK ↓STORYTELLING ✦ AI FILM ✦ CREATIVE DIRECTION ✦ PRODUCT THINKING ✦ WORLDBUILDING ✦ STORYTELLING ✦
WHO WE ARE
Where story meets system.
De Artista e Louco is the independent creative studio of Sacha Ferreira—a Lisbon-based storyteller, digital creator and product leader.
Fifteen years of building products and leading international teams meet a lifetime of drawing, writing and making music. The result: imagination with direction, and ambitious ideas made visible.
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SELECTED
WORK.
Experiments, stories and strange little worlds made with human intent and new creative tools.
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AI FILM · DARK FANTASY
The Seven Without a Name
In this medieval dark fantasy musical, celebrated bard Gail the Nightingale recounts a strange tale from his travels—the story of seven unlikely heroes who rose from the common folk.03
AI FILM · VISUAL STORYTELLING
The Last Supper
A medieval prison escape film, from the perspective of a veteran guard and a rookie guard. Storytelling at its best.04
STORY WORLD · THE LISBON SHADOWS
VAESHAE
Dreams, belief and madness collide beneath Lisbon. An original world developed through writing, image and film.WHO WE CREATE FORYOUR
YOUR
AUDIENCE.
Original films and visual experiences for businesses and creators who want to be remembered—not merely seen.
Infinite creative possibilities, shaped to fit independent budgets.SWIPE OR SCROLL TO EXPLORE
Professionals
Transform your experience, personality and achievements into a distinctive video CV that helps recruiters, clients and collaborators understand what makes you different.
Meaningful gifts
Turn your memories, feelings and shared stories into a one-of-a-kind film—a deeply personal gift for someone you love.
Small businesses
Turn products, services and your story into distinctive films that build credibility and help your business stand apart—without the cost of a traditional production crew.
Small studios
Expand your creative capabilities without expanding your permanent team, from concept development and previsualisation to complete AI-assisted video production.
Independent artists
For musicians, painters, writers and tattoo artists: music videos, trailers and visual narratives that translate your artistic identity into moving images.
Influencers & content creators
Move beyond familiar social formats with cinematic campaigns, branded stories and recurring concepts built around your voice and audience.
Instagram-first brands
Transform products into striking launches and short-form stories that stop the scroll and give your brand a recognisable visual world.
Game developers
Bring a game to life before—or beyond—gameplay through trailers, character reveals, world-building films and pitch visuals for players, publishers and investors.
RPG creators & businesses
Turn campaigns, characters and lore into cinematic experiences, from adventure trailers and character reveals to promotional films.
HOW IT
HAPPENS.
From the first spark to the final cut: a lean creative process built to put ambition on screen, not overhead on the invoice.
Find the pulse
A raw idea, a hand sketch, a sentence worth chasing.
Build the world
Story, characters, visual language, sound and structure.
Make it move
AI image and video, voice, music, editing and iteration.
Make it work
A product mindset turns experiments into reusable creative systems.
HAVE A STORY TO TELL?