SCREENWRITER & PRODUCER

CROSSING CULTURES | WhatsApp

Screenwriter

> How to Watch

Crossing Cultures is a WhatsApp docuseries hosted by @jessicanabongo, exploring how diaspora communities worldwide define 'home’.

In its second episode, the series delves into São Paulo's Liberdade district, where the Japanese-Brazilian community blends cultural traditions to forge new and unique identities.


Credits
Directed by @lili.fialho 
Agency @mediamonks 
Production Company @ladybird.tv 
Executive Prod: @brites0001 
Production Coord: @gabrielamangieri 
DP: @caionigro 
1AD: @raqdosreis
2AD: @caioalfieri 
2 Camera: @hugotakemoto 
Steadycam: @yoda.steadicam 
Gaffer: @___barbaralopes 
Production designer: @vica_utimura 
Sound Engineer: @debymurakawa 
Art assistant: @akemishimada_ 
Production: @gifestilho 
Still: @hudrodrigues_ 
Script: @masonksen 
Treat: @tataokamura








ABOUT ME

MARTINA SÖNKSEN is a Brazilian screenwriter and producer with a background in Communication and Documentary Filmmaking. She is passionate about crafting people-centered storytelling.

Martina is the screenwriter and producer behind UÝRA - The Rising Forest (2022), a documentary film that has received international acclaim. The film was featured in prominent publications such as the Hollywood Reporter and Variety, and recognized by the Golden Globes Hollywood Press Association. It premiered at the 46th Frameline International Film Festival and was selected for the POV 36th Season Lineup on PBS. Winning 17 awards at international film festivals, it also launched an impact campaign to use the film as an educational tool in Amazonian riverside communities.

In television, Martina created, wrote, and co-directed the series SOBREPOSTAS (S01-2021/S02-2024) on Canal Brasil, available on Globoplay and hosted by singer Ana Cañas.

Martina also served as a theatre producer at iBT - Instituto Brasileiro de Teatro. Her filmography includes the documentary feature THE KARMA KILLINGS (2016) and the short documentary THE PIGEON KINGS OF BROOKLYN (2015).

Martina lived in Brooklyn, NY from 2010 to 2020 and currently resides in her hometown, São Paulo.

FILM AND TV CREDITS

UÝRA - THE RISING FOREST (2022)
SCREENWRITER AND PRODUCER

SOBREPOSTAS (S01-2021/S02-2024)
CO-CREATOR, CO-DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER

THE KARMA KILLINGS (2016)
CO-PRODUCER

THE PIGEON KINGS OF BROOKLYN (2015)
PRODUCER

BRANDED CONTENT CREDITS

GAMING QUEENS - Red Bull (2023)
SCREENWRITER

RECIPE FOR MAGIC - Coca-Cola (2023)
SCREENWRITER

CROSSING CULTURES - WhatsApp (2023)
SCREENWRITER

LABS AND GRANTS
Doc Society Climate Story Fund 2021

Climate Story Lab Amazônia 2021


Artistic Residency @ BRIClab Film+TV 2020
CONTACT INFO

︎ | ︎ | ︎ | ︎︎