Pandora da Cunha Telles has a degree in International Relations and Political Science at the University of Lisbon. After studying Political Science in the University of Granada she began working in the film industry. In 2004, she was

one of 18 European producers named “Producer on the Move” at Cannes.

During this time, she produced several films in international co-production, such as António da Cunha Telles’ Kiss Me, Maria João Ganga’s Na Cidade Vazia(with France and Angola), Jorge Paixão da Costa’s O Mistério da Estrada de

Sintra, or A Corte do Norte, by João Botelho.

Pandora founded Ukbar Filmes in 2009 with Pablo Iraola and has worked both in cinema and television, with their projects garnering significant praise and awards, and beating viewership records with their projects. Vicente Alves do Ó directed a trilogy of period biopics, starting with Florbela in 2012, Al Berto in 2017, and in 2022, Amadeo. Likewise, Private Milhões directed by Jorge Paixão da Costa and Gonçalo Galvão Teles; and Jorge Jácome’s first feature SuperNatural, won the FIPRESCI Award at the Berlinale | Forum Section 2022.

Pandora ventured into television with 2010’s República (+1 M. viewers at the premiere); 2020’s 24 Land (which reached audience records and was the first Portuguese series in the Drama Producers Pitch | CanneSeries), 2021’s Good Crooks Chronicles and 2023’s Turn of The Tide Season 1, the second Portuguese series for Netflix (which was an unprecedented success reaching TOP10 in more than 30 countries and garnering numerous accolades).

Pandora’s extensive experience in international co-productions has translated to several partnerships: Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (Cannes’ closing film in 2018); Marcelo Gomes’ Joaquim (Berlinale’s Official Selection 2017), and Paloma (won three awards at the Rio Film Festival in 2022); Daniela Thomas’ The Surge (Berlinale’s Panorama Selection 2017); Licínio Azevedo’s Train Of Salt & Sugar (Locarno Official Selection 2017); Tarzan and Arab Nasser’s Gaza, Mon Amour (Venice and Toronto Film Festivals in 2020); and Once Upon A Time In Gaza (Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard: Best Director Award in 2025).

In the last two years, Pandora developed and premiered several features, such as Foremost By Night, Artificial Justice, Your Face Will Be The Last and Cândido (which she also co-wrote), and shot the highly anticipated seasons 2 and 3 of Turn of The Tide; the series Broken Spies (Berlinale Series Market Select, which she created and co-wrote); the sci-fi series Punto Nemo in co-production with Spain; the documentaries Curiua-Catu and Gentlewomen; and the features, Phenomenal Land and Portuguese.

She recently shot the period series The Marquise and the Brazilian feature The Tailcoat Collector, and is currently shooting the feature Esteiros.

In 2023 and 2024, Pandora was elected as the Vice-President of the European Producers’ Club; and in 2025 she was elected Treasurer. She has also been a contributing member of the European Film Politics Seminar, and is a member of the European Film Academy, the Portuguese Film Academy (APCA), the Portuguese Association of Film and Audiovisual Producers (APRAF).