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Celebration: The Burning of Judas

ENG:
The tradition of the Burning of Judas spread around the world with Portuguese and Spanish navigation. And despite being enforced in many places, each community finds a unique way of expressing itself, caricaturing behaviors. And in the small village of Pampilhosa, in Portugal, it is after the traditional "Cod Burial" that people prepare for the self-critical portrait in the form of a scarecrow. Done in the utmost secrecy.

PT:
[A Festa: Queima do Judas]
A tradição da Queima do Judas correu mundo com as navegações de portugueses e espanhóis. E apesar de cumprida em muitos lugares, cada comunidade encontra um modo único de se exprimir, caricaturando comportamentos. E na Pampilhosa, é a seguir ao enterro do bacalhau que se avança para o retrato em forma de espantalho. Feito no maior secretismo.

  • Paulo Fajardo
    Director
    Scorched Earth, Wellington's First Line, Selfie
  • Ricardo Venâncio
    Writer
    Wellington's First Line
  • Paulo Fajardo
    Writer
    Scorched Earth, Wellington's First Line, Selfie
  • Paulo Fajardo
    Producer
  • Dora Matos
    Producer
    Scorched Earth, Wellington's First Line
  • Filomena Pinheiro
    Producer
  • Marcos Fernandes
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
  • Daniel Vieira
    Key Cast
    "Himself"
  • João Pedro Marques
    Key Cast
    "Himself"
  • Manuel Venâncio
    Key Cast
    "Declamador de Quadras"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    A Festa: Queima do Judas
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 3, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Encontros de Cinema na Mealhada
    Mealhada
    Portugal
    November 3, 2023
    Premiere
  • Sessão Especial: Cinema na Eira
    Anadia
    Portugal
    December 5, 2023
    Invited Short Documentary
  • Arraial Cine Fest
    Porto Seguro
    Brazil
    February 24, 2024
    Official Selection
  • International Short Cinema Festival
    La Paz
    Bolivia, Plurinational State of
    February 2, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Camões TV
    Toronto
    Canada
    March 30, 2024
    North America Cable TV
    Guest Short Documentary
  • Cineteatro Messias
    Mealhada
    Portugal
    March 30, 2024
    Exibição teatral durante a quadra Pascal
    Guest Short Documentary
Distribution Information
  • Município da Mealhada
    Distributor
    Country: Portugal
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Paulo Fajardo

ENG:
Paulo César Fajardo, was born in Figueira da Foz (1980, Portugal). Developed various documentary projects has an independent producer and made his directorial debut in 2000 with the short film “Outono/Fall”. Worked has a freelancer camera operator, editor and director for several TV shows for national and international networks. Finished in 2011 his first feature film “Summer Dream” and in 2012 created the web tv BairradaTV. He now works has a freelancer news camera operator and editor for the SIC and SIC Notícias channels.

PT:
Paulo Fajardo nasceu na Figueira da Foz em 1980. Iniciou a sua atividade como produtor independente em 1999, tendo desenvolvido vários projectos de âmbito documental e realizando a sua primeira curta-metragem “Outono” em 2000. Colaborou como freelancer nas áreas de operador de câmara, editor e realizador em programas de entretenimento para vários canais nacionais e internacionais. Em 2006 licenciou-se em Turismo pelo Instituto Politécnico de Leiria. Em 2011 estreia a sua primeira longa-metragem de ficção, “Sonho de Verão”. Em 2012 cria a web tv BairradaTV e torna-se co-apresentador do podcast de cinema "VHS". De 2004 ao presente, desenvolve trabalho como repórter de imagem e editor para a SIC e SIC Notícias na redação de Coimbra.

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Director Statement

This film aims to document and preserve the popular tradition of the Burning of Judas for future memory, and was produced to be presented at the 1st Cinema Meetings in Mealhada (Encontros de Cinema da Mealhada), in Portugal, under the theme of Preservation of Identity, Tradition and Memory.

This film was made to the general public, national and international, over 12 years of age.