Born in Portugal in 1969. He graduated in filmmaking in Lisbon and completed his studies at the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños, in Cuba, and at New York Film Academy, in the USA. Barahona has worked as a sound engineer in many feature and documentary films and has directed, among others, the short movies "Pastoral" (2004) and "Quem É Ricardo?" (2004) and the documentaries "Corn" (2008), "The Lost Manuscript" (2010), presented at the 35th Mostra, "Far From Home Movie" (2012), "I Was in Lisbon and Remembered You" (2015), presented at the 39th Mostra, "Clandestine Soul" (2018), presented at the 42nd Mostra, and "Nheengatu" (2020), presented at the 44th Mostra.