Ash Wednesday

Amidst violent raids in her neighborhood, a mother desperately waits for her daughter to return home. She is visited by a policeman, a priest and the governor – all of whom want to stop her from seeing the truth outside.

Specs: 30 min / Short Film / Political Musical / 2023

Cast: Uriara Maciel, Ronni Maciel, Jefferson Preto, João Eduardo Albertini

Written by: João Pedro Prado, Bárbara Santos, Bia Krieger

Co-Directed by: João Pedro Prado, Bárbara Santos

Producer: Vincent Edusei

Production: Schuldenberg Films

Co-Production: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

Funded by: War on Screen Fabrique, Federal Ministry of Culture and the Media (BKM)

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73rd Berlinale – Perspective German Cinema · 11th War on Screen International Film Festival · 25th Festival do Rio – Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, 49th FILMETS Badalona Film Festival · 13th Zozimo Bulbul Black Cinema Meeting · 23th FILMZ Mainz – Festival of German Cinema · 37th Latin American Film Days Munich · 53rd Sehsüchte – International Student Film Festival · 4th FeFi Slovenian First Feminist Film Festival · 18th MAMI Mumbai Film Festival · 5th Strano Film Festival · 23rd Cuenca International Film Festival

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