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White Gold

The river Mondego estuary has an intricate network of water channels that form the Figueira da Foz salt marshes in Portugal.
Over the course of a year we followed the work of the seafarers along the south bank of the river Mondego and learned the complexity of the traditional salt crystallization process, also known as White Gold.

  • Paulo Fajardo
    Director
    Berlenga - A Ilha do Farol, VHS, Sonho de Verão, Outono
  • Paulo Delgado
    Director
    Palheiros da Praia da Tocha, Protesto dos Peixes, Proibido Pescar
  • Paulo Fajardo
    Writer
    Pastor de Sonhos, Resiste BA-61!, Palheiros da Praia da Tocha, Torre
  • Gilda Saraiva
    Writer
  • Paulo Fajardo
    Producer
    Pastor de Sonhos, Resiste BA-61!, Palheiros da Praia da Tocha, Torre
  • Paulo Delgado
    Producer
    Palheiros da Praia da Tocha, Protesto dos Peixes, Proibido Pescar
  • Vítor Filipe
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
    Resiste BA-61!, Berlenga - A Ilha do Farol, Sonho de Verão
  • Gilda Saraiva
    Key Cast
    "Herself"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Ouro Branco
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 12, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • 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
  • Marmostra 2019
    Cantanhede
    Portugal
    July 12, 2019
    Premiere
    Official selection
  • Ocean Coast Film Festival
    Matosinhos
    Portugal
    October 19, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Lisbon Film Rendezvous
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    May 15, 2020
    Finalist
  • Camões TV
    Ontario
    Canada
    March 7, 2020
    North American Premiere
    Cable TV distribution
  • RTF - Realtime International Film Festival
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    April 7, 2020
    Semi-Finalist
  • International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő
    Budapest
    Hungary
    September 11, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Farcume: Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de Faro
    Faro
    Portugal
    August 1, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Marmostra - Marés Curtas
    Figueira da Foz
    Portugal
    August 7, 2021
    Official Selection
  • 4ª Feira Clássica
    Cantanhede
    Portugal
    November 3, 2021
    Extensão Marmostra - Marés Curtas
    Official Selection
  • Núcleo Museológico do Sal
    Figueira da Foz
    Portugal
    August 1, 2022
    Oficial Selection
  • Quinta com Curtas - Marmostra no Centro
    Coimbra
    Portugal
    April 13, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Núcleo Museológico do Sal
    Figueira da Foz
    Portugal
    June 1, 2023
    Temporary Exhibition
  • Docs Herança Bairrada e Curtas Marmostra
    Cantanhede
    Portugal
    August 9, 2023
    Guest Short Doc
Distribution Information
  • Paulo César Fajardo
    Country: Portugal
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Paulo Fajardo, Paulo Delgado

Paulo César Fajardo was born in Figueira da Foz, in1980, Portugal. Developed various documentary projects as an independent producer and made his directorial debut in 2000 with the short film “Outono/Fall”. Worked as 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 as a freelancer news camera operator and editor for the SIC and SIC Notícias tv news channels.

Paulo Delgado was born on December 31st, 1951 in Coimbra, Portugal. Developed the professional activity of radiologist at the University Hospital of Coimbra for 41 years. Was professionally an “interior photographer” and now that he is retired he became an “outdoor photographer”. Lives in Praia da Tocha beach and as a lover of the sea and fishing, is dedicated to making a photographic and video archive of an endangered activity - the Art of Xávega. The purpose of this archive is to document the differences that exist in a small geographical area in the form of traditional trawl fishing. In his filmography there are the short films "A Safra da Faina", "António de Macedo - O Cineasta Inconformado", "Palheiros da Praia da Tocha", "30 Days 30 Tides", "No Fishing" and "The Fish Protest" and "White Gold".

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