Boa Onda Productions

Surf films and corporate videos come from the same Lisbon-area crew at Boa Onda Productions, a production company whose founders started out making bodyboarding films in Portugal. The business traces its roots to 1998, when its director began recording the first Portuguese bodyboard film with three friends. That film reached news stands on DVD in 2001, and three more followed by 2006, among them a surf title called Norte-Sul that the company describes as a top seller.

From sport films to commissioned work

The director studied film and television at a university in Lisbon, and from 2007 the company began producing corporate films, documentaries and television content. That change in direction shows in the portfolio today, which still carries surf material such as a documentary on Cascais as a capital of surf, a short on the hidden wave at Cabo Raso, a piece about surfing now and then, and coverage of a professional surf contest on the Portuguese coast.

Corporate and event films for named brands

The company lists work for banks, retailers, transport operators, schools and property businesses. Examples on its own pages include anniversary and brand films for a Portuguese commuter railway, background music and store content for a supermarket chain, seller profiles for an online marketplace, films for a private bank's wealth division, and coverage of festival and philanthropy events for an international banking group. It also films conferences and summits, including a business school's Estoril conference and a retailer's internal summit, and it has produced a tour film for a recurring event series.

Hospitality, property and craft stories

Other projects point to a taste for place and craft: a luxury property management film, a resort in the Alentejo, a cabaret and gourmet venue, a restoration workshop for books and fine binding, and a series on the Silver Coast. The team also makes lifestyle and fashion content for brands connected to the Azores and to skate culture.

The team and its aim

The crew combines a director and senior editor, a producer and assistant director, and a project manager, with backgrounds that include television camera work, freelance filming and live-show production. The company states its aim as becoming the premier supplier of quality films for the price in Portugal, and it points visitors to a regularly updated gallery of recent projects.