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João Salaviza (born João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva; 19 February 1984) 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.

Biography

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.

Filmography

Short films

• Duas Pessoas (2004)
• Arena (2009)
• Casa Na Comporta (2010)
• Hotel Müller (2010)
• Cerro Negro (2012)
• Rafa (2012)
• Russa (2018)

Documentary

• STROKKUR (2011)
• High Cities of Bone (2017)

Films

• Montanha (2015)
• The Dead and the Others (2018)
• The Buriti Flower (2023)

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Arena". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
2. "Prizes of the International Short Film Jury". Berlinale.de. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

External links

• João Salaviza at IMDb

• 1984 births
• Living people
• Portuguese film directors
• Portuguese documentary film directors
• Portuguese screenwriters
• Portuguese male screenwriters
• Portuguese film editors
• Portuguese film producers
• Portuguese male film actors
• Mass media people from Lisbon
• Male actors from Lisbon
• Lisbon Theatre and Film School alumni