Silêncio
A FILM BY CHRISTOPHE BISSON
2016 - 16/9 - HD - 53 min.
Secondary School Students' Award
FIDMarseille 2016
'Commune Image' Award
FIDlab - FIDMarseille 2015
Special Mention For The Night Award
International Festival Signs of Night 2016
Far from their former reality, in an ancient now deserted palace, a group of men and women share their life stories and explain how they survived, living and sleeping in the streets of Porto.
With Armando Almeida, Noé Alves, José Barbosa, André Correa, Carlos Alberto Fernandes, Jorge Garcez, Christian Georgescu, Manuel Gomes, Ariane Gonçalves, António Jesus, António José, Maria José, António Lopes, Borges Mabunda, Alfredo Martins, La Salete Miranda, "Luís", João Neves, Sara Queiroz, João Rocha, Manuel Ribeiro, Maria Augusta Santos, Armindo Silva, Celina Silva, Alberto Sousa, Joaquim Teixeira, Luísa Teixeira, António Veiga, Júlio Allen Vidal
Directed by: Christophe Bisson
Editing & sound design: Claire Atherton
Camera: Adrien Lecouturier
Sound: Henrique Silva
a co-production TRIPTYQUE FILMS
& Universidade Catolica Do Porto | School Of Arts
with the generous support of As Vozes do Silêncio - Les Voix du Silence
this film was welcomed in writing residency at the 'Maison Bleue' in Contis, in collaboration with the Landes Departmental Council, the Drac Aquitaine, the Community of Municipalities of Côte Landes Nature, the municipality of Saint-Julien-en-Born & the Contis Cinema, in partnership with the ECLA Aquitaine agency
with the support of the Brouillon d’un rêve grant from Scam* & the 'Culture with Private Copy' scheme
this work benefited from the Fund for Aid to Audiovisual Innovation from the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image
with development aid from the Normandy Region in partnership with the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image & in collaboration with the Maison de l'Image Basse-Normandie
with the support of the PROCIREP – Society of Producers & the ANGOA
this film is the winner of the 'Commune Image' Award at the FIDlab - FIDMarseille 2015
Broadcasts
SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT AWARD
FIDMarseille
(12-18 July 2016)
CINEMA IN TRANSGRESSION COMPETITION
SPECIAL MENTION FOR THE NIGHT AWARD
International Festival Signs of the Night
Quito (2 September 2016)
International Festival Signs of the Night
Paris (30 November 2016)
Special Session at the Villa Medicis
Rome (9 November 2016)
Festival Porto/Post/Doc
Porto (3 December 2016)
Festival First Look
Museum of the Moving Image
New York (14 January 2017)
"O Solitude"
Beursschouwburg
Brussels (1-11 March 2017)
États généraux du film documentaire
Lussas (20-26 August 2017)
