Júlio Silvão Tavares
Júlio Silvão Tavares | |
|---|---|
| Born | Júlio Silvão Tavares 1959 |
| Nationality | Cape Verdean |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Júlio Silvão Tavares (born 1959), is a Cape Verdean filmmaker.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Since 1979, he studied Cape-verdean traditional culture, where he creates a Group of Experimental Theatre when he was the producer and director of the cultural Program 'Dragoeiro' broadcast on Televisão de Cabo Verde (TCV) from 1993 to 1997. From 1994 to 1996, Tavares was the director of the cultural program 'Articultura' telecast on Rádio de Cabo Verde (RCV).[3] He is also the Director of the film production company called 'Silvão-Produção Filmes' which he founded in 2004.[4]
Meanwhile, he produced the film O Desafio in 1999. In 2005, he made directorial debut with the critically acclaimed film Batuque, Alma de um Povo.about the batuque musical group Raiz di Tambarina, and roots of this musical genre in Santiago, Cape Verde.[5][6] The film was screened in Lisbon in November 2010, and later screened at several international film festivals.[7][8]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Role | Genre | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Batuque, the Soul of a People | Director, writer | Documentary | |
| 2018 | Fahavalo, Madagascar 1947 | Producer | Documentary |
References
[edit]- ^ "Julio Silvao Tavares: Produzent, Regisseur". filmstarts. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Julio Silvao Tavares: Biografia". cinafrica. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Julio Silvao Tavares career". TIEFF. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Julio Silvão Tavares". SPLA. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Soirée musicale capverdienne". La République des Pyrénées (in French). 9 June 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Batuque. Cape Verde, 2007". Marfilmes. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Batuque/ Batuque, a alma de um povo. Cape Verde Islands 2006". Africa in the Picture. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Films". Africa in Motion. Retrieved 23 February 2012.