Rafa
João Salaviza
One morning, the mother of 13-year-old Raphael does not come home. After being informed of her arrest, the boy ventures beyond the bridge that separates the southern suburbs from Lisbon to make inquiries at the police station.
With : Rodrigo Perdigão, Joana de Verona, Nuno Bernardo, Nuno Porfírio, Pietro Romani
Screenplay : João Salaviza
Image : Vasco Viana
Editing : João Salaviza, Rodolphe Molla
Sound : Olivier Blanc
Screenplay : João Salaviza
Image : Vasco Viana
Editing : João Salaviza, Rodolphe Molla
Sound : Olivier Blanc
Production : Filmes do Tejo, João MAYER & François d'ARTEMARE / Av. da Liberdade, nº 85 - 3º - 1250-140 Lisboa // Tel : + 351 21 323 44 00 // Fax : + 351 21 347 10 87 // Email : filmesdotejo@filmesdotejo.pt / www.filmesdotejo.pt
João Salaviza was born in Lisbon in Portugal in 1984, where he attended the ESTC National Film and Theatre School in Lisbon and the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. His short film Arena won the Golden Palm in Cannes in 2009, and was selected at Premiers plans in 2010. Rafa participated to the short films public reading in 2011. The film won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 2012.