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João Salaviza
February 19 1984- Place of birth: Lisbon, Portugal
- Gender: Male
- Also known as: Joao Salaviza, João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva, João Salaviza Silva
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.
Latest roles
![In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//kojoyVLMRLEUEieseddAcvoC9q2.jpg)
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
Self
![A Portuguese Film poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//y0yyKSGjRVJxxzlrtGdr54YBWPE.jpg)
A Portuguese Film
Himself
![Querença poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//1uAPBNc5HQxKbZs3YpGdZn7RAy.jpg)
Querença
Zé Manel
![When It Thunders poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//wahMvEpoZLDdKf1yzaDNHkmDHR1.jpg)
When It Thunders
Gaspar as a Child
![Da Invicta ao Sonoro poster](/movie-placeholder.webp)
Da Invicta ao Sonoro
![L'Enfant du secret poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//5uiKU1micJ7DgiBCvJrXPdULrFu.jpg)
L'Enfant du secret
![La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//vTTFuNQsRfJwhjt54N9HqbYkUL4.jpg)
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
![Sozinhos em Casa poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//apmQMTtL2aNKEIY21fdclYbSOu.jpg)
Sozinhos em Casa
![Regards d'enfance poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//5BJlGjYr575i3lb7q8ebYvTXIoV.jpg)
Regards d'enfance
![Poor George poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//aWqnhcINHO82vpz17J807rEEnxJ.jpg)
Poor George
Nuno - Jorge's Nephew
Producing credits
![To Our Friends poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//7WhGC4iZE7fbuyMP5aWlrzSbenc.jpg)
To Our Friends
Producer
![The Messenger poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//2105xJF6anOxgRMIyHLT73see1j.jpg)
The Messenger
Editor
![The Buriti Flower poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//gOXq1ahqaFkNdkiYIDYfPWZT0gd.jpg)
The Buriti Flower
Story, Editor, Director, Producer
![Ketwajê poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//fxM8k1QLbOjL58DfJrwUtAk7yvt.jpg)
Ketwajê
Producer
![The Dead and the Others poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//bj4z6YTZHXph8I7K4sEQ6XLdXtW.jpg)
The Dead and the Others
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
![Russa poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//hColmxbudIllZfdpSeTP7HeWnKV.jpg)
Russa
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
![Elon Doesn't Believe in Death poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//6rC8EDH6uULqunsH5pwNFYWmdlx.jpg)
Elon Doesn't Believe in Death
Screenplay
![High Cities of Bone poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//ArVwkcVLjv4RRpSUYyYI93AbMjT.jpg)
High Cities of Bone
Editor, Director, Writer
![Mountain poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//xxlKcPaQbvoxlESAkQzVWWdJMlE.jpg)
Mountain
Director, Writer, Editor
![Cerro Negro poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//4sKNBNlqtHoUdwKVY75k3DTW3bh.jpg)
Cerro Negro
Director, Editor, Writer
João Salaviza's Images
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