João Rui Guerra da Mata

João Rui Guerra da Mata was born in Lourenço Marques Mozambique He teached Art Direction at the Lisbon Film School from 2004 to 2011 In 1997 he costarred in the short PARABÉNS directed by João Pedro Rodrigues that won the Special Jury Mention at the 54th Mostra di Venezia As an Art Director he worked in several features and shorts notably the ones directed by João Pedro Rodrigues whose films he also coscripted This collaboration lately evolved to codirection namely in the shorts CHINA CHINA 2007 39th Directors Fortnight Cannes Best Short Film and Audience Award Belfort Film Festival and ALVORADA VERMELHA 2011 Best Portuguese Short Film IndieLisboa Film Festival international premiere at Locarno Film Festival O QUE ARDE CURA 2012 is his debut solo film