Dogs Barking at Birds
Cães que ladram aos pássarosCães que ladram aos pássaros
Portugal / Fiction / HD / 20'

School is over and there's a hustle in the air. In Porto, tourists fill up the streets and cafés. The old and decadent are now the highlights of the city’s gentrification. Vicente moves around town on his bike and watches the urban changes happening day to day. The town is no longer the same, the world is changing and so is he. Among his family and friends, Vicente lives with anticipation the first days of summer and the beginning of a new life.

Featuring: Vicente Gil, Salvador Gil, Maria Gil, Mariana Gil, António Gil

Directed by: Leonor Teles

Written by: Leonor Teles

Director of Photography: Leonor Teles

Editing: Leonor Teles

Sound: Rafael Gonçalves Cardoso, Pedro Anacleto

Sound Editing: Joana Niza Braga

Sound Mix: Branko Neskov

Grading: Andreia Bertini

Producers:  Leonor Teles, Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra


Produced by: Uma Pedra no Sapato

Promotion and International Sales: Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency

Distribution (Portugal): Uma Pedra no Sapato

Funded by: ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Câmara Municipal do Porto, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

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Design: Oficina Arara - Irina Pereira, Miguel Carneiro

Festivals and Awards

Venice Film Festival – La Biennale di Venezia

Orizzonti Short Films Competition (IT 08-09.2019)


Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival

(AT 10-11.2019)


Festival Internacional de Cine Mar del Plata

(AR 11.2019)


Stockholm International Film Festival

Stockholm Short Competition (SE 11.2019)


Sevilla European Film Festival

European Film Awards (ES 11.2019)


Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival

Closing Film (PT 11-12.2019)


Tampere Film Festival

European Film Awards (FI 03.2020)


Sarajevo Film Festival

Children's programme (BA 08.2020)


Curtas Vila do Conde

European Film Awards (PT 10.2020)


Bosphorus Film Festival

International Short Film Competition (TR 10.2019)


Seminci, Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid

(ES 10.2019)


Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro, Curta Cinema

Competição Internacional (BR 10-11-2019)


Zagreb Film Festival

Short Films Competition (HR 11.2019)


Antofacine Festival Internacional

(CL 11.2019)


Festival International du Film d’Amiens

(FR 11.2019)


Triennale Milano

(IT 11.2019)


International Short Film Festival Leuven

European Film Awards (BE 11-12.2019)


Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Verín

Selección Oficial (ES 11-12.2019)


The Shortest Day Belgrade

European Film Awards (RS 12.2019)


Dieciminuti Film Festival

European Film Awards (IT 12.2019)


Passaggi d’Autore, Festival Del Cortometraggio Mediterraneo

Focus: Portogallo (IT 12.2019)


Minimalen Short Film Festival

(NO 01.2020)


Prague Short Film Festival

(CZ 01.2020)


Berlin Critic's Week

(DE 02.2020)


Short Waves Festival

Urban View Competition / European Film Awards (PL 03.2020)


Mecal Pro – Festival Internacional Cortometrajes y Animación

#MecalProOnLine, Ficción - Competición Internacional (ES 03.2020)

Tercero Premio del Jurado Internacional


Shortcutz Guimarães

(PT 03.2020)


Norwegian Short Film Festival

International Short Film Competition program (NO 06.2020)


Show Me Shorts Film Festival

(NZ 06.2020)


Burgas International Film Festival

Official Selection (BG 07.2020)


RojaL Film Festival

European Film Awards (LV 07-08.2020)


Periferias Festival Internacional de Cinema de Marvão

(PT 08.2020)


DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival

International Shorts (XK 08.2020)


FeKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival

European Film Awards (SI 08.2020)


FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival

(DE 08.2020)


Kyiv International Short Film Festival

(PL 08.2020)


Odense International Film Festival

European Film Awards (DK 08.2020)


Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival

Video on the Beach (SI 08.2020)


Drama International Short Film Festival

European Film Awards (GR 09.2020)


Festival Internacional Primavera do Cine en Vigo

(ES 09.2020)


Helsinki International Film Festival

European Film Awards (FI 09.2020)


European Film Festival Palić

European Film Awards (RS 09.2020)


ARTos Foundation

European Film Awards (CY 09.2020)


Brussels Short Film Festival

European Film Awards (BE 09.2020)


Québec City Film Festival

(BE 09.2020)


Reykjavik International Film Festival

European Film Awards (IS 09-10.2020)


IndieCork Film Festival

(IE 10.2020)


Riga International Film Festival

European Film Awards (LV 10.2020)


Asiana International Short Film Festival

International Competition (KR 10.2020)


Fenêtres sur courts

Focus Portugal (FR 10-11.2020)


Côte Ouest - Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest

Competition (DE 11.2020)


Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón

(ES 11.2020)


Festival Tous Courts, Rencontres Cinématographiques d'Aix-en-Provence

Opening Film (FR 12.2020)


BOGOSHORTS – Festival de Cortos de Bogotá

International Competition (CO 12.2020)


Sessão na Embaixada de Portugal em Londres

EUNIC (UK 05.2021)


Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg

Window to Architecture (DE 05-06.2021)


Mostra de Cinema Português de Vila Franca de Xira

(PT 06.2021)


MovieZone Short Film Festival

(CN 08.2021)


Linz International Short Film Festival

I Love You Mamma (AT 09.2021)

Nominated for Best Cinematography


Mostra de Curtas-metragens Europeias na Embaixada Francesa em Teerão

Instituto Camões (IR 05.2022)


EPA CINE - Festival Internacional De Cine De El Palomar

Foco Portugal - Miradas Lusitanas (AR 05.2023)

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