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Find My Destination: Penacova

Actress Sofia Alves went in search of her destiny and found it in Penacova! She surrendered to its immense charms and got to know its history, culture and traditions. She was able to relax and enjoy the best that nature has to offer, sailing along the Mondego River and walking among windmills, in the most beautiful mountainous landscapes of central Portugal. Do as Sofia did and find your destiny in Penacova.

  • Paulo Fajardo
    Director
    Leone's Almería, Breaking Waves, Scorched Earth, Wellington's First Line
  • Álvaro Coimbra
    Writer
    Telejornal
  • Miguel Gonçalves
    Producer
    Mealhada - Culture and Traditions, Penacova ...in the center of Portugal
  • Sofia Alves
    Key Cast
    "Herself"
    Olhos de Água, O Teu Olhar, Flor do Mar, Remédio Santo, A Serra, Sangue Oculto, A Promessa
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Encontrar o Meu Destino: Penacova
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Promotional
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 16 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 13, 2025
  • 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
  • BTL - Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa (Better Tourism Lisbon Travel Market)
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    March 13, 2025
    Premiere
    Guest Film
  • Finisterra Brazil Film Art & Tourism Festival
    Porto Seguro, Bahia
    Brazil
    June 22, 2025
    Finalist
  • ITFFA - International Tourism Film Festival Africa
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    June 5, 2026
    Finalist
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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