Ricardo Saraiva
Ricardo Saraiva is a London based editor known for A Poet (2025), winner of the 2025 Cannes Certain Regard Jury Prize, Mariner of the Mountains (2021) by Karim Aïnouz (Cannes Special Screening) and Amparo (2021) (Cannes Semaine de La Critique). He's also the editor of the Cannes Short Film Palm d'Or Leidi (2014) and the Berlinale Panorama entry Matria (2023).
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Biography from IMDb.
- Editor
- 8 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Ricardo Saraiva's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ricardo Saraiva's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ricardo Saraiva's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Bruvvas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
On the Sea(2025)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
A Poet(2025)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Crickets, It's Your Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
In Camera(2023)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
My Favourite Cake(2024)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Toll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Mariner of the Mountains(2021)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Matria(2023)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Charcoal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Amparo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Anatolian Leopard(2021)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Nardjes A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Calladita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Phoenix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Making Noise Quietly(2019)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
16 December (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Isha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Russian Shorts. Vol. 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
A Quiet Room in Walthamstow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Onde Moram os Cavalos Marinhos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Thursday Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Km 73 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Tamara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Leidi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Career shape
A full career of 27 titles from 2014 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ricardo Saraiva's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the pacing 57/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 20. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Ricardo Saraiva work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ricardo Saraiva's MovieCove titles; Juan Sarmiento G. shares the most, 2.
- Juan Sarmiento G.Shared titles: A Poet (2025), Mariner of the Mountains (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Juan Sarmiento G.
- Nick CookeShared titles: Anatolian Leopard (2021), Making Noise Quietly (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Cooke