João Salaviza

Born: 1984-02-19

João Salaviza (Portuguese: João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva; born 19 February 1984; Lisbon) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter, editor, producer, and former actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including the Short Film Golden Bear, the Short Film Palme d'Or, and the Un Certain Regard. João Salaviza was born on 19 February 1984, in Lisbon, Portugal. His father is José Edgar Feldman, a film director, and his mother is a producer. He studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School and at the Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His film Arena won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, his film Rafa won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Salaviza worked as assistant editor in Manoel de Oliveira's Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl.


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Belle Époque

as Street Musician
Released: 1992-12-04

In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is...

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Poor George

as Nuno - Jorge's Nephew
Released: 1993-02-26

One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his...

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In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo

as Self
Released: 2016-10-29

He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western...

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La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado

as uncredited
Released: 1996-04-22

At the end of the seventeenth century, in Naples, still dominated by the Spaniards, a young...

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L'Enfant du secret

as uncredited
Released: 1996-12-21

Blanche, a social worker living in Southern France is assigned the case of a five year old deaf...

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A Portuguese Film

as Himself
Released: 2011-10-28

A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors.

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Querença

as Zé Manel
Released: 2004-01-01

In mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in...

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When It Thunders

as uncredited
Released: 2000-02-04

The relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with...

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When It Thunders

as Gaspar as a Child
Released: 2000-02-04

The relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with...

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Sozinhos em Casa

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-09-15

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Regards d'enfance

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-05-05

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