Directed by
Catarina Mourão
year
2019
Duration
15 minutes
Synopsis
“The whistle man” was a typical character of the portuguese sea-side during the Fascist Portugal. His story has so many versions that he has become a myth: A poor crazy man who lost his baby girl, a professional homeless who lived from the charity of rich families, a pedophile or a summer father Christmas. His whistle announced his arrival and attracted boys and girls or made them run away. Last year I found 30 seconds of footage of this man which until then was just a memory. Is he more real now?
crew
Script Catarina Mourão
Photography Paulo Menezes
Sound Armanda Carvalho and Tiago Matos
Editing Pedro Mateus Duarte
Music Bruno Pernadas, Joana Gama, Luís Fernandes and Ricardo Jacinto
Awards
2019 IndieLisboa International Film Festival (Menção Especial do Júri da Competição Nacional)
2019 Family Film Project (Menção Honrosa na Categoria de Curta-Metragem)
Festivals and exhibitions
2019 Visions du Réel - Festival International de Cinéma Nyon
2019 É tudo Verdade – Festival Internacional de Documentários
2019 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
2019 IndieLisboa International Film Festival
2019 Porto Femme Film Festival
2019 Curtas Vila do Conde
2015 Moscow International Experimental Film Festival
2015 MDOC - Festival Internacional de Documentário de Melgaço
2019 Santacurtas
2019 Kinoforum - Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival
2019 International Forum of TV and Cinema
2019 Fins-de-Semana no Cinema Monumental
2019 CineBH – BH International Film Festival
2019 IndieCork Festival
2019 Family Film Project
2019 Bogotá International Documentary film Festival - MIDBO
2019 Panorama Coisa de Cinema
2019 Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao
2019 IDFA: International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam
2019 Caminhos do Cinema Português
2019 A Humanidade através das Lentes - Diversitas
2019 This Human World
2019 GDA - XII Edição do Prémio Atores de Cinema
2020 London Short Film Festival
2020 Close-Up - Casa das Artes de Famalicão
2020 ProDocumentales
2020 Mostra de Cinema Português em Macau
2020 Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival
2020 MUESTRA INTERNACIONAL CINE X DDHH
2020 Imagineindia
2020 Festival Arquivo em Cartaz Mostra Competitiva
2020 Mostra De Portugal para o Mundo - Rio de Janeiro
2020 MICE - 16ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema Etnográfico
2020 Mostra De Portugal para o Mundo - Brasília
2020 Mostra De Portugal para o Mundo - São Paulo
2021 Espalhafitas - Cineclube de Abrantes
2021 International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
2022 Sala Fernando Lopes - Mestrado Doc Nomads
2022 Shortcutz Vila Real
2022 Kino Sõprus
