Chico NorasChico Norasdirector | producer | scriptwriter
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Sourdough (2026)

(in post-production)


In the Portuguese floodplains under the weight of dictatorship in the late 1930s, a young female baker endures the hardship of a marriage cursed by the loss of a child, finding refuge in her labor. 

One day, she crosses paths with a group of Spanish reapers carrying a mysterious dough, capable of changing her fate.

Internacional Title
Type
Genres
Runtine
Premiere
Origin

Location
Language
Format
Aspect Ratio
Film Color

Sourdough
Short
Horror, Drama, Black Comedy
30 min
not premiered yet
Portugal
Santarém, Portugal
Portuguese, Spanish
DCP
4:3
B&W

Casting

Dionísia – Eunice Correia
José – João Vicente
Aida– Rita Revez
Apolónia – Cecília Borges
Parteira 1 -Sara Carinhas
Parteira 2 – Mena Caetano
António – Pedro Gouveia
Pereira – Timóteo de Azevedo
Cefeira 1 – Inês Custódio
Cefeira 2 – Maria Eduarda Carreira
Cefeira 3 -Vânia Lavado
Cefeira 4 – Daniela Sequeira
Cefeira 5 – Patricia Pereira
Cefeira 6 -Beatriz Vieira
Cefeira 7 – Leonor Gomes
Cefeira 8 – Cláudia Inácio
Directed byChico Noras
Written byChico Noras, Timóteo de Azevedo
Produced byChico Noras
Luis Campos
Ana Rute Almeida
Executive ProductionChico Noras
Luis Campos
Ana Rute Almeida
Ana Carolina Rocha
Rodrigo Delgado
Nuno Martini
Madalena Nogueira
Production ManagerAna Rute Almeida
Assistant ProducersLuís Coelho
Rita Correia
Guarda-RoupaWardrobeEloísa D’Ascensão
CinematographerNuno Martini
Art DirectorCátia Santos
Sound DirectorTiago Galvão
Soundtrack & SFX byTimóteo de Azevedo
Edited byVera Lúcia Rita
Cátia Santos
GafferDennis Loack
1st ACMarcos Koe
Best BoyRodrigo Delgado
DITDaniel de Laranja
Color GradingDaniel de Laranja

AD
Gabriela Lima

Script Supervisor
Timóteo de Azevedo

Coordenador de Stunts
Stunt Coordinator
David Chan Cordeiro


Make-up and Prosthetics
Rita Sousa

VFX
Cátia Santos

Make-up Assistant
Sofia Sousa


Art Assistants
Beatriz Carmo, Mariana Ferreira


Scene and poster photography
Rute Leonardo


Credits and Poster design
Cátia Santos

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