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CROSSING CULTURES | WhatsApp

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A WhatsApp docuseries called Crossing Cultures, hosted by @jessicanabongo, that explores how diaspora communities all over the world define their idea of home. 

The second episode of the docuseries dives into the Japanese-Brazilian community in Liberdade, São Paulo to discover how blending cultural traditions can create something entirely new and unique.

Watch here.

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 with education in Communication and Documentary Filmmaking and interested in creating people-centered storytelling.

She is the screenwriter and producer of UÝRA - The Rising Forest (2022), an internationally and critically-acclaimed documentary film featured in outlets such as Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and the Golden Globes Hollywood Press Association, with world premiere at the 46th Frameline International Film Festival and selected to POV 36th Season Lineup (PBS).

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

Her filmography also includes the documentary feature THE KARMA KILLINGS (2016) and the short documentary THE PIGEON KINGS OF BROOKLYN (2015).

She lived in Brooklyn NY from 2010 to 2020 and she’s currently living 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
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