Raquel Freire (born 22 June 1973, in Porto) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and novelist.^[1][2][3]

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In 2014, she released the film Transiberic Love which is a love story set in modern times showing how one can be an activist within globalised social media and still have some integrity.^[4]

In 2013 she published the book Trans Iberic Love,^[5] which in 2020 was one of the titles chosen to be part of Sara Barros Leitão's reading project "Heróides - Clube do Livro Feminista."^[6]

In 2020 she participated in the first edition of Queer Fest, in Lisbon, in the discussion table "Queer As Intersectionality."^[7]

Raquel's films can be found on the streaming platform MUBI.^[8]