Cast & creator
João Salaviza
Best known for Sozinhos em Casa, The Buriti Flower, The Buriti Flower
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.
Also known as: Joao Salaviza, João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva, João Salaviza Silva
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film credits
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television credits
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1993–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (59)
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Sozinhos em Casa
1993
The Buriti Flower
Story
2024The Buriti Flower
Editor
2024The Buriti Flower
Director
2024The Buriti Flower
Producer
2024
Regards d'enfance
1993
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Assistant Editor
2009
Two People
Director
2004
The French Teacher
Co-Producer
2026
Arena
Director
2009Arena
Screenplay
2009Arena
Editor
2009
Russa
Director
2018Russa
Producer
2018Russa
Editor
2018Russa
Writer
2018
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
1996
Mountain
Writer
2015Mountain
Director
2015Mountain
Editor
2015
L'Enfant du secret
1996
The Dead and the Others
Director
2019The Dead and the Others
Writer
2019The Dead and the Others
Editor
2019The Dead and the Others
Producer
2019
Ketwajê
Producer
2023
Strokkur
Director
2011Strokkur
Producer
2011Strokkur
Director of Photography
2011Strokkur
Editor
2011Strokkur
Writer
2011Strokkur
Sound Editor
2011
Hotel Müller
Editor
2010Hotel Müller
Director
2010Hotel Müller
Writer
2010
Cerro Negro
Director
2012Cerro Negro
Editor
2012Cerro Negro
Writer
2012
Rafa
Director
2012Rafa
Screenplay
2012Rafa
Editor
2012
Querença
Zé Manel
2004
Elon Doesn't Believe in Death
Screenplay
2017Lumiar
Assistant Director
2004
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
Self
2016
High Cities of Bone
Editor
2017High Cities of Bone
Director
2017High Cities of Bone
Writer
2017
The Summer of Rita M.
Editor
2006
Poor George
Nuno - Jorge's Nephew
1993
To Our Friends
Producer
2025Dedicated To The One I Love
Editor
2008
Casa Na Comporta
Writer
2011Casa Na Comporta
Director
2011Da Invicta ao Sonoro
1997
A Portuguese Film
Himself
2011
The Messenger
Editor
2024
When It Thunders
2000When It Thunders
Gaspar as a Child
2000