Currently living and working in Berlin, director Hugo Vieira da Silva is preparing his second feature film, following the awarded "Body Rice" (120 min.) from 2006.
Hugo has a background studying law at the University in Oporto and graduated from the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema in Lisbon in 1999.
He has been in Berlin before, in 2003, with a Nipkow grant and took part in the Binger Filmlab Director’s Programme in 2007. "Red Cross" has also been developed at Script&Pitch Workshops.
The film won several prizes, among them Best Director awards in Buenos Aires and Mexico, a special mention in the official competition in Locarno and was selected for more than 10 competitive sections.