Hello everybody! I'm glad to share with you my latest photo-stories from Cape Verde.

Ze and the crew go to Charco with cousin Ja, where people are gathering sand by the shore. There is none left above water so they must dig it up from the sea bed.
At the end Mirco has a quiet moment recording the sound of crashing surf.

Just outside our window, Jordie and Gabriel return from filming at sea. Fishermen launch their wooden boats just next to our house, which is filled with nets and fishing gear.
We showed a video of Ze playing football for a Swedish team in a bar by the square, and Mirco realized his dream of fresh lobster dinner, provided by Ze's nephew.
Jordie makes grog cocktails during a blackout, and Ze's brother Yuku scrubs with a fish net. The quiet pace of village life continues undisturbed by our presence. 

Sunday, Ze' and his friends went for a walk towards the grog making farmers, but they were not there, so we just enjoyed the walk. Along the way we met Ja, the woman in the trailer collecting sand on the beach of Charco and set up a day of shooting with her.
We made a deal with a lady that agreed to cook for us so that we can concentrate on production and in the evening also sorted out internet connection which will make our communication with everyone following our story much easier!

Ze's nephew and friends came to pick us up in Praia and drve us to Ribeira Da Barca, our main location. Along the way we took the first shots of the country and of Ze' returning home.
We settled into an abandoned house in front of the sea, broken windows but a wonderful view!
And in the evening we had our first local produced grog at the bar.

6 January 2012, after three years of pre-production and hard work the Sandgrains team finally leaves for production in Cape Verde. Ze' and Gabriel left from Gothenburg, Sweden and joined Francesca and Jordie in London.
At the Lisbon stop-over we got together with Mirco who was travelling from Italy. We landed in Praia at 1 o'clock at night, exhausted by the long journey and the stressful days before departure.

We have scheduled 2 months to shoot in the archipelago. We still need to find an underwater camera person. Are you the one we are looking for?

We are planning to shoot a few underwater sequences for this documentary, but nobody of our team has the experience nor the gear, and in Cape Verde we had difficulties finding someone up to the job.

Are you an underwater camera person and want to meet us in Cape Verde for a week? Write us a mail stating your interest and please include a link to your showreel.

Do you have a friend that might be interested? Why not link him this page?

Unfortunately for this job we can only allow a fee that will cover all the expenses, check out the budget to see for yourself.

If you feel like helping us out with this aspect of production, and are happy to do it just for the fame, let us know.
Just drop us a line also if you just want to discuss all this a little further.

If you take part in the project you will be credited in the film and get a profile in the Team page.