João Salaviza

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 dOr 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 dOr 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 Oliveiras Eccentricities of a Blondehaired Girl