About the film

In the middle of June the village of Santo Antonio de Mixões da Serra in the Valdreu region of Northern Portugal honors its Patron Saint with a very special festival. On this day the local farmers bring their animals to the church – cows, horses, dogs, cats, chickens, rabbits – to be blessed. This ancient tradition is passed from generation to generation, and today, just as hundreds of years ago, animals and people flock up the mountain roads to the church square to become a part of the religious festival. The film is about this miracle.

Wybrane nagrody i festiwale / Selected festivals and awards: 2012 – MFF Tajwan / Taiwan IFF, 2012 – MFF Rotterdam / Rotterdam IFF, 2012 – MFF Wilno / Vilnus IFF

Attend the masterclass by Sergei Loznitsa. Warsaw, Tuesday, May 14, Kinoteka.