Striking Land

Raul Domingues

Documentary / HD / 65’ / 2022

It is told that in the past, two wrongdoers came to serve their sentence of taking care of an uninhabited and fallow land. Their sentence was passed from generation to generation and was inherited by the men who work it.
A barefoot woman is tilling the land and is surprised by a leaf.


with Maria Alice Sousa, Manuel Jesus, Duro, Joaquim Sousa, Manuel Carpalhoso, José Silva, António Sousa, Luís Mil Homens, Manuel Carlos, Luís Carpalhoso, Edmundo Lisboa, Maria Alice Domingues, Maria Sousa, Isaura Domingues, Adelino Sousa, Abílio Domingues, Fernando Carpalhoso, Daniela Sousa, Bianca, Bruna, Eva and Leonor image, sound and editing Raul Domingues Sound Design Paulo Lima Sound Mix Tiago Matos Color Correction Andreia Bertini Production Oublaum Filmes, Etnograf Filmes, Raul Domingues in association with Terratreme Filmes

    Best Feature Film - Play-Doc - International Film Festival, Spain'22

    Best Film - Seoul International Eco Film Festival, South Korea'23

    Cacho de Ouro Award - Best National Film - FIC Santarém, Portugal'23

    • Berlinale - 72nd International Film Festival Berlin, Germany'22
    • Play-Doc - International Film Festival, Spain'22
    • Festival: Festival Jóvenes Realizadores - Granada Film Fest, Spain'22
    • Pravo Ljudski Film Festival, Bósnia'22
    • Doclisboa'22 - International Film Festival, Portugal'22
    • Black Canvas FCC, Mexico'22
    • Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, Austria'22
    • IDFA, The Netherlands'22
    • Festival Film Dokumenter, Indonesia'22
    • Exground Filmfest, Germany'22
    • Image de Ville, France'22
    • Dokumentarfilmwoche Hamburg, Germany'23
    • Festival Internacional de Cinema de Santarém, Portugal'23
    • 20 SEOUL International Eco Film Festival, South Korea'23
    • New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland'23
    • International Ethnograpic Film Festival, Macedonia'23
Rosário Sousa; Marta Almeida Santos