João Viana

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João Viana (* 1966 in Angola ) is a Portuguese film director .

Career

João Viana was born in 1966 in what was then the Portuguese colony of Angola. After completing a law degree at the University of Coimbra , he studied film in Porto . Since then he has worked in production, sound, directing and screenwriting. He worked in various functions with directors such as Manoel de Oliveira , João César Monteiro and Werner Schroeter . In 2007 he wrote the screenplay for Paulo Rochas Olhos Vermelhos (premiere 2011).

In 2004, A Piscina was his first directorial work. The film was shown in competition at the Venice Film Festival .

His short film Tabatô , which deals with the historical village of Tabato between its traditions, the Portuguese colonial war and the internal political conflicts in Guinea-Bissau , won the DAAD short film award at the Berlinale 2013 as part of the Berlinale Shorts short film competition. His feature- length film A Batalha de Tabatô , which was released at the same time , also received an award there. The feature film was then sold in various countries, such as France, Belgium and Germany. It was translated into Russian by the Russian film translator Andrey Efremov and screened at the Moscow Film Festival in 2013.

Filmography

  • 2004: A Piscina (short film, also screenplay)
  • 2008: A Verdade Inventada (short film, also screenplay)
  • 2009: Alfama (short film, also screenplay)
  • 2013: Tabatô (short film, also production and screenplay)
  • 2013: A Batalha de Tabatô (also production and screenplay)

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of João Viana ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the Curtas Vila do Conde Film Festival website , accessed December 25, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.curtas.pt
  2. ^ Awards for the film on the Internet Movie Database , accessed December 25, 2013
  3. ↑ Article from February 17, 2013 ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the daily newspaper Diário de Notícias , accessed on December 25, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dn.pt
personal data
SURNAME Viana, João
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese film director
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Angola