Sortes

by Mónica Martins Nunes
  • Sortes
    2021 Mónica Martins Nunes, Pedro Fernandes Duarte
  • Sortes
    2021 Mónica Martins Nunes, Pedro Fernandes Duarte
  • Sortes
    2021 Mónica Martins Nunes, Pedro Fernandes Duarte

    Synopsis

    An old house falls slowly to the ground. To the same earth with which its walls were once made with. And without protesting, the house becomes soil again. Pretending it had not seen countless people ploughing, seeding, harvesting, kneading and eating, not heard the poetry, the stories and people leaving in search for a better life. SORTES follows the life of the resisting inhabitants and their animals scattered around Serra de Serpa in the Alentejo region. And through the voices of the remaining popular poets becomes a portrait of those who are still there and a requiem for those who are not.

    Festivals

    2021
    Visions du Reél, Switzerland - International Medium Length & Short Film Competition
    Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal - National Competition
    Audience Award – FIKE - Évora International Short Film Prize, Portugal
    Porto/Post/Doc, Portugal - Cinema Falado Competition
    2022
    38 Shortfilm Festival Hamburg
    German Short Film Award – Special Award for the best medium-length film

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Mónica Martins Nunes

    Producer

    Mónica Martins Nunes

    Sound

    Mónica Martins Nunes

    Editor

    Mónica Martins Nunes

    DoP

    Mónica Martins Nunes

    Sound Design

    Dídio Pestana

    Digital colourist

    Caio Soares

    Other

    André Neto (Sound Mixing), Maria da Saúde Parreira (All kinds of support), Francisco Bica (Ti Chico dos melões) (Poet), Eulálio Alves (Poet)

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