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           SCREENWRITER

GAMING QUEENS

Screenwriter and Story Producer

One of the best CS:GO female teams goes on a journey in search of a historic victory in an esports world championship. This is the first medium-length documentary globally about a female esports team. It was directed, produced, and written by women.

Credits
Director: Beatriz Scavazzini
Producers: Ligia Osorio and Beatriz Scavazzini
Producers Red Bull: Daisy Almeida, Gustavo Chiappetta and Nikolas Fonseca.
Production Company: BTA Esports & Gaming Content
Production Partner: Light Up Films
 








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 being part of the 36th Season on POV.

On television, she created, scripted and co-directed the series SOBREPOSTAS (2021) shown on Canal Brasil, available on Globoplay and presented by singer Ana Cañas.

Her filmography also includes the documentary feature THE KARMA KILLINGS (2016) and the short doc 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 (2021/2024)
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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