WoS Fabrique Films

FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN...

ASH WEDNESDAY

WINNING PROJECT FROM WoS FABRIQUE 2020

Selected for the Berlin festival, it will be screened there as a preview in the "Perpektive Deutsches Kino" section before being presented in Châlons-en-Champagne at the eleventh edition of WoS.

Director: João Pedro Prado, Bárbara Santos
Cast: Uriara Maciel, Ronni Maciel, Jefferson Preto, João Eduardo Albertini
Production: Vincent Edusei
Screenplay: João Pedro Prado, Bárbara Santos, Bia Krieger, Uriara Maciel
Cinematography: Kleber Nascimento
Soundtrack: Till Baumann
Editor: Anton Buzal
Sound: Ricardo Severo

Synopsis: It is the last day of carnival at a favela in Rio de Janeiro, where gunshot sounds are incessant and the military presence is constant. Demétria is waiting for Cora, her only child, to come back home from school, but in the meantime a surprise police raid commences outside. As night falls and she struggles to hold on to the fading hopes of finding her daughter, Demétria will be visited by three characters – The Policeman, The Pastor and The Governor –, all of whom play different parts in a never-ending war.

THE TASTER

WINNING PROJECT FROM WoS FABRIQUE 2019

Director: Sophia Bierend
Cast: Silvana Mihai, Godehard Giese, Andreea Sovan
Cinematography: Adam Graf
Editor: Annika Mayer
Sound: Kevin Jahnel
Production: Hana Petersen & Monic Film GmbH

Summary: The first day for Ozana as the new food taster for the occupiers of her country.

J'AVAIS UN CAMARADE

WINNING PROJECT FROM WoS FABRIQUE 2019

The first film that was finished thanks to the support of the WoS Fabrique writing residency, J'avais un camarade, directed by Janloup Bernard and produced by Hugo Tomes and Eliott Khayat (Mauvaise Troupe) had its premiere at the 9th edition of the Festival. It has since carried on its path through film festivals, and was selected at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and the Poitiers Film Festival.