Przemyslaw Wojcieszek Marten Persiel and the jury Mani Haghighi Atsushi Wada João Salaviza Boudewijn Koole, Rick Lens Ursula Meier Miguel Gomes Nikolai Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg Zhang Xiaoke, Anne Fleck Mikkel Boe Følsgaard ...

Director Joao Salaviza pictured center. Salaviza won the Palme d'Or Short Film award for his film "Arena" at the Cannes Film Festival 2009 (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images Europe) Porguese director, João Salaviza, awarded “Best Short Film” at Cannes 2009 for his film, “Arena” Born in Lisbon in 1984, Salaviza majored in cinema at the School of Theater and Cinema, concluding his studies at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. His first shor...

IndieLisboa and Curtas Vila do Conde Film Festivals, the Euro Connection antennas in Portugal, selected a project and an observer production company to be present at the marketplace for short film co-production in Europe that will be held at Clermont-Ferrand, on February 2nd, 2010.   From a range of six biding projects, the chosen project was "Rafa" by João Salaviza which will participate in the pitching. The production company that will observe the presented p...

 The Palme d'Or for the Best Short Film was awarded to Arena by João Salaviza. A Special Mention went to The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland. ...

The Short Films in Competition will begin screening today. The international Short Film Jury is presided by British director John Boorman; the panel is made up of actresses Leonor Silveira and Zhang Ziyi and directors Ferid Boughedir and Bertrand Bonello. At tomorrow night's Closing Ceremonies, they will announce the winner of the Short Film Palme d'Or. Nine films are in the running: Missing by Jochem de Vries (Netherlands), Arena by João Salaviza (Portugal),...

COMPETITION - Grand Théâtre Lumière 08:30am and 7:00pm: VISAGE (Face) by Tsai Ming-liang – 2h18 12:00 noon and 10:30 pm: MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO d’Isabel Coixet – 1h49 UN CERTAIN REGARD - Salle Debussy 20h00 – CLOSING Prizes and screening of awarded films COURTS-METRAGES – Salle Debussy 11:00am: MISSEN (Missing) by Jochem De Vries – 12’ ARENA by João Salaviza – 15’ KLUSUMS (Silence) by Laila Pakalnina – 14’ RUMBO A PEOR (Worstw...