Synopsis
With the sea and an urban Algarve as a background, we follow a complete cycle of the life of a special mollusk called Percebes. Along the way from its formation to the plate, we cross different contexts that allow us to better understand this region and those who inhabit it.
Credits
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Ikki Films
- Foreign production company : BAP Animation Studios
- Film exports/foreign sales : Agência da Curta Metragem
Full credits (14)
- Executive producers : Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago
- Screenwriters : Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves, Regina Guimarães
- Music Composer : Nicolas Tricot
- Foreign producers : David Doutel, Vasco Sá
- Voice-overs : João Helder da Luz, João Duart, Marisa Henrique Gomes, Marta Luz, Pedro Omar, Rita Grifo, Samuel Malaouias, Yasha Hindine, Alexandra Ramires
- Production Manager : David Doutel
- Production Assistant : Roxana Protopopoff
- Production designers : Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
- Animation : Leonor Pacheco, Inês Teixeira, Joana Teixeira, Laura Equi, Carolina Bonzinho
- Grader : Inès Munhoz
- Graphic designers : Laura Gonçalves, Alexandra Ramires
- Sound Mixer : Vasco Carvalho
- Storyboard artists : Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
- Sound design : Bernardo Bento, Ricardo Salazar
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film, Documentary
- Sub-genre : 2D animation, Cartoon, Report, Portrait
- Themes : Tourism, Identity, Society
- Production language : Portuguese
- Coproducer countries : Portugal (63.0%), France (37.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Portugal, France)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 11 min 30 seconds
- Production formats : HD - Scanned images
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
News (10)
Selections (36)

Berlin International Short Film Festival (Interfilm)
Germany, 2025
Sections parallèles
Compétition prix du public européen



Awards (7)
REGARD - Festival International du court-métrage au Saguenay
Canada, 2025
Mention Spéciale Prix de la Critique Québécoise AQCC




Resources
Website(1)
https://ikkifilms.com/films/bernacles/
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