João Salaviza
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.
Belle Époque
as Street MusicianIn 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 NephewOne 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 SelfHe 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 uncreditedAt the end of the seventeenth century, in Naples, still dominated by the Spaniards, a young...
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L'Enfant du secret
as uncreditedBlanche, 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 HimselfA documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors.
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Querença
as Zé ManelIn mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in...
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When It Thunders
as uncreditedThe relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with...
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When It Thunders
as Gaspar as a ChildThe relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with...
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