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Celebrate Bairrada With Vasco d'Avillez

Vasco d’Avillez takes a journey through the secrets of wine created in the Bairrada region in Portugal. Set out to discover what makes it special, from the terroir to the glass, including the climate, the grape varieties and the love with which the producers treat their vineyards. Thus sharing secrets of generations that deserve the recognition of everyone who tastes the 4 wonders of the Mealhada table.

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  • Paulo Fajardo
    Director
    Terra Queimada, A Primeira Linha de Wellington
  • Vasco d'Avillez
    Writer
    A Essência
  • Ricardo Venâncio
    Writer
    Primeiro Jornal, Jornal da Noite, A Primeira Linha de Wellington
  • Filomena Pinheiro
    Producer
  • Paulo Fajardo
    Producer
    Terra Queimada, A Primeira Linha de Wellington
  • Joaquim Correia
    Producer
  • Vasco d'Avillez
    Key Cast
    A Essência
  • António Jorge Franco
    Key Cast
  • António Selas
    Key Cast
  • Alexandre Almeida
    Key Cast
  • Filipa Pato
    Key Cast
  • Messias Vigário
    Key Cast
  • Diana Jorge
    Key Cast
  • Raquel Carvalho
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Celebrar a Bairrada com Vasco d'Avillez
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 57 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 29, 2024
  • 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
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • X Gala das 4 Maravilhas da Mesa da Mealhada
    Mealhada
    Portugal
    November 29, 2024
    Premiere
  • Cineteatro Messias
    Mealhada
    Portugal
    December 6, 2024
    Guest Film
  • Camões TV
    Toronto
    Canada
    January 11, 2025
    North American Premiere
    Guest Film
  • FITUR - Feira Internacional de Turismo
    Madrid
    Spain
    January 24, 2025
    Guest Film
  • BTL - Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa (Better Tourism Lisbon Travel Market)
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    March 13, 2025
    Guest Film
  • ITFFA - International Tourism Film Festival Africa
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    June 3, 2025
    Award Winner Silver Trophy
  • Finisterra Brazil Film Art & Tourism Festival
    Porto Seguro, Bahia
    Brazil
    June 22, 2025
    Official Selection
  • People's Planet
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    June 18, 2025
    TV channel on Openview satellite network
    Official Selection
  • Malabo International Music & Film Festival
    Malabo
    Equatorial Guinea
    October 3, 2025
    Official Selection
  • CineFest - Cinema Ao Ar Livre
    Luanda
    Angola
    September 4, 2025
    Official Selection
  • ITFF - International Tour Film Festival
    Rome
    Italy
    October 1, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Finisterra Portugal Film Art & Tourism Festival
    Sesimbra
    Portugal
    September 5, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions @Pinewood Studios
    Iver
    United Kingdom
    September 22, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Ciclo de Cinema em Homenagem ao Comendador Hélder Mendes
    Ourique
    Portugal
    November 15, 2025
    Guest Film
  • Teknochat Film Festival 2025
    Barcelona
    Spain
    November 30, 2025
    Winner Best Cinematography
Distribution Information
  • Município da Mealhada
    Distributor
    Country: Portugal
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Paulo Fajardo

Paulo César Fajardo was born in 1980, in the city of Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
He began his activity as an independent producer in 1999, having developed several documentary and fiction projects, and in 2006, he completed his degree in Tourism from the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (Portugal).
"Outono/Fall" (2000), his first short film, earned him the International Critics' Prize at the Figueira da Foz International Film Festival. In the following years he collaborated as a freelancer in the areas of camera operator, editor and director in entertainment programs for various national and international television channels; SIC, RTP, TVI, Canal 6 - Pluricanal, SportTV, VIVA, GMTV, TV5 and CamõesTV.
Among his most noticeable films, which earned him national and international recognition at film festivals, are the documentaries "Berlenga - A Ilha do Farol" (2011), "A Rebentação/Breaking Waves" (2018), "A Primeira Linha de Wellington/Wellington's First Line" ( 2021), "Africa, como eu a vi" (2024) and the film “Terra Queimada/Scorched Earth” (2022). In 2012, as a co-host, he started the podcast "VHS", the longest-running cinema podcast in Portugal, awarded with the Podes prize in 2025, and from 2012 to 2016, he created and directed the web tv "BairradaTV".
In 2017 he was co-founder of the "Marmostra" film festival, in 2019 he was a founding member of "Cineclub Bairrada", in 2023 he was invited to co-program "Encontros de Cinema na Mealhada/Cinema Meetings in Mealhada" and in 2025 he co-founded the "CineClube Gândara Bairrada". From 2004 to the present, he has been working as a tv news cameraman and editor for the television channels SIC and SIC Notícias, where he highlights the production of several special reports and the weekend section "Castelos de Portugal/Castles of Portugal" for the news program "Jornal da Noite".

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Director Statement

"Celebrate Bairrada" invites you on a journey through the senses and the most special flavors of Mealhada, particularly those experienced in the wines. Vasco d'Avillez, renowned winemaker, is the guide on this trip through Mealhada, a unique place in Portugal, where the different soils, the Atlantic climate and the Bussaco mountain range, provide unique wines. Local producers thus have the opportunity to reveal some of the secrets that guarantee the highest level of quality and differentiate a product that sustains a large part of the economic activity in the municipality of Mealhada.