This film is a collection of stories related to wolves in the north Portugal mountains.

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Pitões das Júnias is a village isolated in the rocky mountains of northeastern Portugal. At the end of the day, the shepherds gather to talk and tell stories about things that have happened, or maybe not... The legends and stories of old times that they tell again and again are inspired by their isolation in the mountains, stemming from the villagers' confrontation with the dangers hidden amidst the wild environment that surrounds them.

  

AWARDS:

"Best International Short Documentary"

21th Guanajuato International Film Festival, México, 2018

 

"Best Film"

5th Curt'Arruda Film Festival, Portugal, 2018

 

"Honored Mention"

19th Encontros de Cinema de Viana, Portugal, 2019

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"Best Documentary"

16th FIKE - Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Évora, Portugal, 2019

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"Best Documentary"

36th Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran, 2019

 

"Award of First Achievement"

36th Autrans International Mountain Film Festival, France, 2019

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"Award Best Sound"

5th Winter Apricots Prilep International Film Festival, North Macedonia, 2020

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"Special Commendation"

"Audience Choice Award"

Indy Film Library (IFL) Official Selection, Netherland, 2021

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FESTIVALS:

25th HotDocs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada, 2018. Short Documentary Competition. (World Premiere).
15th Indielisboa International Film Festival, Portugal, 2018. International Competition.
21st Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), 2018, Mexico. International Short Documentary Competition.
9th MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, Macedonia, 2018. Competition.
5th Curt'Arruda, Portugal, 2018. Competition.
9th VistaCurta, Portugal, 2018. Competition.
24th Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal, 2018. Competition.
23rd REGARD - Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay, Canada, 2019. Official Competition.
16th World Film Festival, Estonian National Museum, Estonia, 2019. Competition.
15th Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2019. Perspective.
16th Festival international du film ethnographique du Québec, Canada, 2019. Competition.
22nd Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, USA, 2019. New Docs Competition.
67th Trento Film Festival, Italy, 2019. Main Competition.

16th Indy Film Fest, Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA, 2019.

13th Ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna, Austria, 2019. ESSA competition.
19th Encontros de Cinema de Viana, Portugal, 2019. Competition.
16th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival, Iran, 2019. Competition.
6th Star Film Fest, Croatia, 2019. Competition.
5th Wolves Independent International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2019. Competition.
16th FIKE - Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Évora, Portugal, 2019. National Competition.
37th Bellaria Film Festival, Italy, 2019. Bei Young Doc Competition.
3rd DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival, Azerbaijan, 2019. Competition.
9th Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK, 2019. Documentary competition.
36th Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran, 2019. International Competition.
32nd Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival (SVAFMF), Canada, 2019.
10th Athens Ethnographic Film Festival, Greece, 2019. Competition.
10th Sound & Image Challenge International Festival, Macau, 2019. International short film competition.

36th Autrans International Mountain Film Festival, France, 2019. Competition.

33rd Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media, Germany, 2020. International competition.
Community Centre KADR Warsaw Short Framing, Poland, 2020. Special screening.
Jury’s Choice Award - 39th Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival, USA, 2020. International competition.
Shortcutz Lisboa - Sessão #356, Portugal, 2020. Special screening.
18th Espiello Festival Internacional de Documental Etnográfico de Sobrarbe, Spain, 2020. International competition.
16th European Association of Social Anthropology Biennial Conference, Portugal, 2020. New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe.
16th BuSho (Budapest Short) Film Festival, Hungary, 2020. Special program.
18th International Festival of Outdoor Films, Poland, 2020. International competition.
Extension of the Ethnographic Film Festival of EASA2020 Lisbon, Portugal 2020. Special screening.
Festival Internacional de Curtas de Macau - Extensão Porto, Portugal, 2020. Special screening.
5th Winter Apricots Prilep International Film Festival, North Macedonia, 2020. Competition.

Indy Film Library (IFL) Official Selection, 2021. Competition.

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