João Salaviza

João Salaviza

Born: February 19, 1984
in Lisbon, Portugal
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.

Movies for João Salaviza...

In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
Title: In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
Released: October 29, 2016
Type: Movie
Feature documentary about ex-maverick filmmaker António de Macedo.
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A Portuguese Film
Title: A Portuguese Film
Character: Himself
Released: October 28, 2011
Type: Movie
A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors.
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Querença
Title: Querença
Character: Zé Manel
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
In mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in Angola. In the meantime, she had committed herself to discovering and interviewing the poet Júlio Vera. In 1988, he wrote a series of poems in which he mysteriously anticipated the fall of the USSR. Guida has only 12 days to complete the mission.
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When It Thunders
Title: When It Thunders
Character: Gaspar as a Child
Released: February 4, 2000
Type: Movie
The relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with Pedro, António's best friend. António doesn't fight back and lets himself drown. From the woods come Violeta and Gaspar, two strange beings, a mixture of fairies, demons and guardian angels, who help António overcome his depression. With the thunders the two characters return to their domains. And life goes on.
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When It Thunders
Title: When It Thunders
Released: February 4, 2000
Type: Movie
The relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with Pedro, António's best friend. António doesn't fight back and lets himself drown. From the woods come Violeta and Gaspar, two strange beings, a mixture of fairies, demons and guardian angels, who help António overcome his depression. With the thunders the two characters return to their domains. And life goes on.
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Da Invicta ao Sonoro
Title: Da Invicta ao Sonoro
Released: May 1, 1997
Type: Movie
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L'Enfant du secret
Title: L'Enfant du secret
Released: December 21, 1996
Type: Movie
Blanche, a social worker living in Southern France is assigned the case of a five year old deaf boy, who is found by a Gypsy lady after having been abandoned and tied to a shed near her trailer. The boy's life is in danger apparently because he is related to the family of a local politician who is seeking election as mayor. Blanche, though suffering from manic depression and thus emotionally vulnerable, decides to take charge of the situation, get her act together and besides being told to drop the case, seeks to discover the secret the boy has inside.
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La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
Title: La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
Released: April 22, 1996
Type: Movie
At the end of the seventeenth century, in Naples, still dominated by the Spaniards, a young pupil, Balthasar,is castrated to preserve the purity and beauty of his voice. The Duchess dies and her son, the Duke of Arcos, takes charge of the inheritance, which includes Balthasar. With the entrance of Maria Loffredo, former lover of the Duke, a triangle is established that unchains tragic consequences to the allegedly callous life of Balthasar.
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Title: Sozinhos em Casa
Released: September 15, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Regards d'enfance
Released: May 5, 1993
Type: TV
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Poor George
Title: Poor George
Character: Nuno - Jorge's Nephew
Released: February 26, 1993
Type: Movie
One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his teaching position and resume his chemical work. However, when he gets home he finds a person there.
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Belle Époque
Title: Belle Époque
Character: Street Musician
Released: December 4, 1992
Type: Movie
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.