Director: Andre Silva

Film: Tides

Bio: Filmed at Masonboro Island, an undeveloped barrier island in southeastern North Carolina, “Tides” contemplates the liminal space between the modern technological world and that more ecological dimension we label as “nature” or “the environment.”

Andre is an Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington where he has been teaching classes in film production for 14 years. He received his BS in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin and his MFA in Film & Video Production at the University of Iowa. His films have screened at festivals internationally including the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, SXSW and Black Maria Film Festival. He is also the founder of the Cape Fear Environmental Film Forum in Wilmington, North Carolina.