À procura da estrela

Internacional Title: A Shepherd’s Tale

[GAL]

Xoel, un fonografista viaxeiro, chega a Serra da Estrela para rexistrar os sons en vías de extinción da montaña máis alta de Portugal. Unha misteriosa melodía conduciralle a perderse no macizo. A partir dese momento, a viaxe de Xoel converterase nunha fráxil analoxía do conto que dá nome á rexión: A lenda do pastor e a Estrela.

[ENG]

Xoel, a landscape phonographer, arrives at Serra da Estrela to record the sounds which are about to disappear from Portugal’s highest peak. A mysterious melody will drive him on a quest to record its source, losing himself in the mountains. Xoel’s journey will become a fragile analogy of the tale that gives its name to the region: The Legend of the Shepherd and the Star.

Crew

Cast: Joel Fontán, Zé María Saraiva, Pedro Oliveira, Joaquim Marvão, Zé Luís costa, Zé Abrantes, Sofia Borges, Mariana Da Luz, Rita Saraiva
Director: Carlos Martínez-Peñalver Mas
Ad: Andrés Sanjurjo, Arnau Abella
Omen Executive Producer: Nico Martínez
María Zimbro Executive Producer: Elisa Bogalheiro
Dop: Lucía C.Pan
Art Direction: Laura Escacha
Sound: Paulo Lima
Music: Pedro González
Film Editors: Raúl Capdevila, Raúl G.Egües
Film Sales & Distribution: Lost & Found

With The Support Of

Agadic
Crtvg
Institut Ramon Llull

Technical data sheet

Release date: 2023
Length:75 min
Shooting format:digital 1:85 (2048 × 1080) & 16mm
Screening format: Digital cinema dcp 2k
Color: Color
Spoken language(s): Portuguese & galician
Production companies: OMEN S.C.P. & Maria Zimbro

Awards

L'Alternativa (Barcelona) 2020. Kinolux Prize
Porto/Post/Doc 2021. Arché Prize
Entrevues (Belfort) 2021. Film en Cours Prize
CineEco (Seia) 2024. Competição de Longas-Metragens em Língua Portuguesa. Special Mention
Rizoma (Madrid) 2024. Sección Oficial Surrealismo Comtemporaneo. Special Mention.

Selections and Screenings

#Lab Novos Cinemas 2019.
CinespañaLab 2020
L'Alternativa Mentoring projects 2020
Majordocs. Residencias Walden 2020
L'Alternativa Visionats 2021
Porto/Post/Doc Arché 2021
Entrevues. Film en Cours 2021
FIC Xixón 2023. Tierres en trance (Official Section)
Porto/Post/Doc 2023. Cinema Falado (Official Section)
Novos Cinemas 2023 (Pontevedra). Opening Film.
#Tándem 2024. Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid).
#Tándem 2024. Zumzeig. (Barcelona)
#Tándem 2024. Numax (Santiago de Compostela).
#Tándem 2024. Filmoteca de Galicia (A Coruña).
#Tándem 2024. Multicines Norte (Vigo).
#Tándem 2024. Duplex (Ferrol).
Projeto entre Serras 2024 (Castelo Branco). Closing Film.
CineEco 2024. Competição de Longas-Metragens em Língua Portuguesa. (Seia)
Rizoma (Madrid) 2024. Surrealismo Comtemporaneo. (Official Section)
Filmoteca de Barcelona 2025.