Scene from the film Trading Cities
Scene from the film Trading Cities
Scene from the film Trading Cities

Trading Cities

Direction
Year 
2014
Country
  • Portugal
Duration
137min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

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.

Details

  • Original title
    As Cidades e as Trocas
  • Direction
  • DOP
    Pedro Pinho, Luísa Homem
  • Editing
    Pedro Pinho, Luísa Homem
  • Sound
    Raquel Marques, Rita Hermínio
  • Duration
    137 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    2014
  • Country
    • Portugal
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Distribution
  • Festivals
    • FID MARSEILLE, France, 2014
    • FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI, Italy, 2014
    • ART OF THE REAL, USA, 2015
    • CABO VERDE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Cape Verde, 2014
    • DOCLISBOA – FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA, Portugal, 2014
    • PRIMEIRA EDIÇÃO DO PLATEAU - FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA, Cape Verde
    • ETHNOCINECA, Austria, 2015

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