In 2008, the growing tourism industry of Cape Verde was frozen. The building of many hotels and resorts by foreigner companies had to be stopped due to a shortage of sand. The sand industry, primary resource for the production of concrete, had reached a dramatic level, endangering the beaches. This event caused a huge euphoria among the businessmen of Mauritania. A great number of trucks started to flow to the Nouakchott port, where many boats sail out to feed the tourist constructions in Cape Verde. Trading Cities starts in Lisbon on a cargo ship. We will undertake an Atlantic route that re‐enacts these daily travels, in order to highlight the physical and social transformations in the landscape that these exchanges produce.
Directed by: Luísa Homem, Pedro Pinho
Photography: Luísa Homem, Pedro Pinho
Edited by: Luís Homem, Pedro Pinho
Sound: Raquel Marques, Rita Hermínio
Sound Mixing: Miguel Martins
Color Grading: Andreia Bertini
Production: Leonor Noivo, Joana Gusmão, João Matos, Filipa Reis, Rita Hermínio, Inês Luz
Produced by: Terratreme Filmes, Uma Pedra no Sapato
Funded by: ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Distribution: Terratreme Filmes
Festivals and Awards
BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
(AR 04.2014)
FIDMarseille - Marseille International Film Festival
Compétition internationale (FR 07.2014)
Doclisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema
Portuguese Competition (PT 10.2014)
Festival dei Popoli - Festival Internazionale del Film Documentario
Concorso Internazionale (IT 11.2014)
Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival
Há Filmes na Baixa (PT 12.2014)
Caminhos do Cinema Português
Selecção Caminhos (PT 11.2015)
Cabo Verde International Film Festival
(CV 10.2014)
Plateau, Festival Internacional de Cinema
Competição (CV 11.2014)
Festival Filmer le travail
Compétition (FR 02.2015)
Art of the Real - Film at Lincoln Center
(USA 04.2015)
Queen Mary, University of London & Instituto Camões
(UK 2015)
ethnocineca, International Documentary Film Festival Vienna
(AT 05.2015)
Festival Filmer à tout prix - International full-lenght competition
(BE 11.2015)
Festival Internacional de Cinema da Fronteira
(BR 11.2015)
DocSS - Festival Internazionale del Cinema Urbano
Concorso (IT 12.2015)
Dokumentarfilmwoche Damburg
(DE 04.2016)
Extensão Doclisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema em Macau
(CN 01.2016)
MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering
(HU 04.2016)
FCAT - Festival de cine africano Tarifa-Tánger
(ES 05.2016)
Festival International du Film Insulaire de l’Île de Groix
Les Petites Antilles (FR 08.2017)
Coup de coeur du Jury
Cinemateca Portuguesa
(PT 2017)
Festival de Cinema Português na Rússia
(RU 2017)
Cine Lusco Fusco, Consulado Geral de Portugal em São Paulo
(BR 10.2018)
Mostra Contemporânea de Cinema Português
(BR 05.2018)
European Art Cinema Day
(AR 10.2018)
Nova Cinema
(BE 2019)
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