Wie Welse jagen

DE 2026, 16 min

German, Portuguese

synopsis

In a harbor, two men of different age and origin circle each other like fish in dark waters, drawn by instinct and desire.

How Catfish Hunt is a production of Carousel Film in co-production with João Pedro Prado.

director’s statement

How Catfish Hunt arose from my long friendship with Brazilian poet Ricardo Domeneck. Through his poems, a combination of spiritual longing and radical sensuality of the male body, I began to see images that demanded to be made into a film. At the centre are Bonito, an ageing poet from Brazil who now has to work in the fish market, and Finn, a young German man in the fisheries office who feels alienated in his own skin. The catfish became the leitmotif: a tough intruder that sees poorly in the dark but adapts and survives. That's what migration – and growing old in a community that glorifies youth – feels like. This short film is a tender, humorous reflection on desire, memory and the beauty of unexpected encounters.

with

Renato Schuch
Jonny Hoff
Marie-Lou Sellem

& Muriel Leinauer
Remo Genç
Wilhelm Unkelbach
Leandro Goddinho

crew

written & directed by João Pedro Prado

based on poems by Ricardo Domeneck

cinematography: Lena Krenz

editing: Anton Buzal

sound: Jakob Ludwig

art & costume: Pascal Hubrich, Claudia Valeria Barrantes Sotomayor

score: Anna Ljungberg

producers: Vincent Edusei, Maritza Grass, João Pedro Prado

colorist: Lea Pech

unit production manager: Julie Günther

1st AC: Christian Öhl

2nd AC: Sophie Heyer

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