Hugo Vieira da Silva

Hugo Vieira da Silva

Nascimento : 1974-07-16, Porto, Portugal

História

After studying law at the Catholic University in Porto, he earned a degree from the Lisbon School of Theater and Cinema (ESTC) in 1998 with his graduation project, the documentary Arte Pública. Da Silva made two other documentaries before directing his first full-length feature film, Body Rice, in 2006. Swans is his second full-length feature film. Hugo Vieira da Silva currently lives and works in Vienna and Berlin.

Perfil

Hugo Vieira da Silva

Filmes

Fantasmas do Império
Fantasmas do Império
Self
Ariel de Bigault's work has been connected to the routes of the Lusophone World. In Fantasmas do Império we are guided by the saotomean actor Angelo Torres through some works of the Portuguese cinema that explored its colonial past. Some directors as Fernando Matos Silva, João Botelho or Margarida Cardoso help to understand imperialism, colonialism, and propaganda seen through the "family album" which is the Portuguese cinematic collective imaginary.
Posto Avançado do Progresso
Posto Avançado do Progresso
Writer
No final do século XIX, dois colonizadores Portugueses, imbuídos de uma vaga intenção civilizadora desembarcam numa parte remota do Rio Congo para coordenar um posto comercial. À medida que o tempo passa, começam a desmoralizar pela sua incapacidade de enriquecer à custa do comércio de marfim. Sentimentos de desconfiança mútua e mal-entendidos com a população local isolam-nos no coração da floresta tropical. Confrontados um com o outro iniciam uma caminhada em direção ao abismo.
Posto Avançado do Progresso
Posto Avançado do Progresso
Director
No final do século XIX, dois colonizadores Portugueses, imbuídos de uma vaga intenção civilizadora desembarcam numa parte remota do Rio Congo para coordenar um posto comercial. À medida que o tempo passa, começam a desmoralizar pela sua incapacidade de enriquecer à custa do comércio de marfim. Sentimentos de desconfiança mútua e mal-entendidos com a população local isolam-nos no coração da floresta tropical. Confrontados um com o outro iniciam uma caminhada em direção ao abismo.
Swans
Swans
Director
A man travels to Berlin because his ex girlfriend is in a coma. He takes their son, Manuel. The father goes to the clinic often and Manuel feels out of place, so he prefers to ride his skateboard through the city in winter. The speechless and motionless body of the woman disturbs father and son, each one in his own way. The son faces the libidinous turbulences of becoming an adult, while the father suffers the physical discomforts of his age. A confrontation of different body images within an environment of emotional distance and the coldness of the city.
Body Rice
Body Rice
Screenplay
Since 1980 German institutions send teens to the south of Portugal under experimental projects of social rehabilitation. That's how Katrin comes to Alentejo. She will establish a unique relationship with the surrounding environment, a situation exacerbated by the harshness of the landscape and the emptiness of a socially desertified region. Katrin, twith Julia and Pedro, will build a refuge in a no-man's-land...
Body Rice
Body Rice
Director
Since 1980 German institutions send teens to the south of Portugal under experimental projects of social rehabilitation. That's how Katrin comes to Alentejo. She will establish a unique relationship with the surrounding environment, a situation exacerbated by the harshness of the landscape and the emptiness of a socially desertified region. Katrin, twith Julia and Pedro, will build a refuge in a no-man's-land...