João Salaviza

oão Salaviza was born in Lisbon in 1984. He studied film at the Theater and Film School (ESTC) in Lisbon and at the Universidade del Cine in Buenos Aires. His first feature film Montanha premiered at the Venice Festival - Critics' Week and was later shown in many other cities. Salaviza created a trilogy of short films that won international awards: Rafa (Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2012, Ingmar Bergmann Prize in Uppsala); Arena (Palme d'Or in Cannes, 2009) and Cerro Negro (premiered in Rotterdam).
His films have been shown in retrospectives at festivals and institutions such as the Center Pompidou, Malba Buenos Aires, Barbican Centre, Tabakalera, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin and Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art.
In 2017, João Salaviza took part in the Berlinale, where his short film Altas Cidades de Ossadas premiered.