Viana, Juan

Juan Viana was born in 1966 in the Portuguese colony of Angola . In 1994, he graduated from the Law Faculty of Coimbra University, then studied in the specialty “Cinema” in the city of Porto . Since then, he has been involved in film production, worked as a sound engineer, director and screenwriter. He collaborated with many Portuguese directors, including Manuel de Oliveira (1908–2015), Juan Cesar Monteiro (1939–2003), Jose Alvara Morais (1943–2004), Felipi Rocha, Alberto Seixas Santos (born 1936), and Juan Cesar Monteiro (1939–2003) with the German director Werner Schröter (1945–2010), as well as directors from France (e.g. Jean-Claude Biet), Germany and Belgium (e.g. Rob Rombo).

The first independent directorial work of Juan Viana was the short feature film “The Pool” ( A Piscina, 2004 ). The film participated in the competition program of the 61st Venice Festival ^[1] .

In 2005-2007, Juan Viana became one of the authors of the 10-volume "Dictionary of Ibero-American Cinema"

In 2007, Juan Viana wrote the screenplay for the film “ Eyes of the Scarlet Color” (Olhos Vermelhos) of the Portuguese director Paulo Roche (1935-2012).

In February 2009, with the goal of producing authored documentaries and feature films, Juan Viana founded the production company Papaveronoir .

The short feature film by Juan Viana “Tabató” ( Tabatô, Tabato - the name of a village in central Guinea-Bissau ) , which tells about the colonial war in the former Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau , won a prize in the Berlinale Shorts short film competition of the Berlinale 2013 festival.

In 2013, Juan Viana also directed his first feature film, The Battle of Tabatô , which also premiered at the Berlinale . ^[2] Then the film was presented to viewers from other countries (France, Belgium, Germany). The film was also shown in Russia (Moscow) at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival (2013, translator Andrei Efremov).

Joan Viana is also the director of several documentaries.

• 2004: “The Pool ” ( A Piscina) (short film, Juan Viana appears in this film as a director and screenwriter)
• 2008: A Fictional Truth ( A Verdade Inventada) (short film, Juan Viana appears in this film as a director and screenwriter)
• 2009: “ Alfama ” (short film, 15 min., Juan Viana acts in this film as a director and screenwriter)
• 2013: “ Tabatô ” (short film, 10 min., Juan Viana appears in this film as a director, screenwriter and producer)
• 2013: “ The Battle of Tabató ” ( A Batalha de Tabatô) (full-length film, 80 min., Juan Viana performs in this film as a director, screenwriter and producer)
• Ashes and Coals - Cinzas e Brasas (under production)
• “The global crisis of the financial system” - A Crise Global do Sistema Financeiro (under production)
• Douro o Desenlace (52 min., Under preparation)
• “Revolution Light” - Revolução Light (120 min., Under preparation)
• “20 Songs for Szyminyi” - Vinte Canções para Ximinha (90 min., In progress)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Portugal / Article on Portuguese Cinema

• Site of the production company of Juan Viana "Papaveronoir."
• Joan Viana at the Internet Movie Database. (eng.)
• The movie “Battle of Tabató" on the Internet Movie Database.