Private Project

When the forest whispers

After being told by her parents she can’t befriend a fantastic being that lives in the woods, Iris, an 8-year-old girl, runs away from home. Her parents, José and Rita, after finding out, pursue her into a deep and dark forest.

  • Francisco Dias
    Director
  • Gonçalo Eugénio
    Writer
  • Catarina Gonçalves
    Writer
  • Gonçalo Eugénio
    Producer
  • Catarina Gonçalves
    Producer
  • Fábio Alves
    Key Cast
  • Francisca Sá
    Key Cast
  • Liliana Leite
    Key Cast
  • Nuno Meireles
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Se na floresta um sopro
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Fantasia
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 12, 2019
  • 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:
    Yes
Distribution Information
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes (Jaime Neves - jsoneves@yahoo.com)
Director Biography - Francisco Dias

Born in 1999 in Porto, Portugal. Completed high-school at Colégio Luso-Francês and is currently studying Som e Imagem in Universidade Católica Portuguesa do Porto. He already has many ongoing projects, one of them being on Fernando Pessoa’s poem “Tabacaria” and a documentary on a lonesome vegetable seller and his horse, called “Centauro”. “When the Forest Whispers” is his first completed short as a filmmaker.

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