SCREENWRITER & PRODUCER

RECIPES FOR MAGIC


Screenwriter
Recipes for Magic consists of a series of five Coca-Cola commercials that highlight Latina women crafting magical recipes that unify and empower their communities.

Directed by Juliana Curi 

Maria Yerni is an ancestral cook from the Colombian Pacific who shares love and ancestral wisdom through her recipes. To her, food is not only essential for nourishing the body but also for healing the spirit and soul.
(Chocó and Bogotá, Colombia. 2023)


Agrícola Martínez is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother renowned for her expertise in traditional Mexican cuisine. She passionately preserves the manual wisdom passed down from her grandmother, particularly excelling as a guardian of the artisanal traditions of tortilla-making
(Malinaco, México. 2023)


Daniela Cazón is an Andean cook who annually leads offerings to Pachamama, the Earth Mother. She aims to honor and preserve the Andean heritage of Northern Argentina by preparing regional foods as expressions of gratitude to the land.
(Purmamarca, Argentina. 2023)


Rosana and Inês are mothers to Ana and Max, dedicated love activists. Their cherished ritual involves passing down their mothers' recipes to their children while creating new memories together. They aim to raise their children in an empathetic and diverse society, fostering the belief that each person's uniqueness enriches the world.
(Santiago, Chile. 2023)


Tia Nice is a cook and community leader in Campo Limpo, São Paulo. She prepares vegetarian meals for her community on the outskirts of São Paulo and plays a vital role in donating lunchboxes. Over the past two years, Tia Nice and her son Thiago Vinicius have donated more than twenty thousand lunchboxes in their region.
(Campo Limpo, Brazil. 2023)


Credits
Agency: AKQA (@akqa)
Cliente: Coca-Cola
Title: Recipes for Magic
Production Company: Saigon Filmes
Director: Juliana Curi (@julianacuri)
Director SP: Danilo Arenas (@daniloarenas.i)
Producer: Marcelo Altschuler (@masltchuler18), Carol Pessini (@carol_pessini)
Head of Sales and Strategy: Victoria Scaff (@vicscaff)
Atendimento: , Bruna Chamlian (@brunachamlian), Giovanna Saad (@gi_saad), Karin Diniz (@kadiniz13).
Production Manager: Katiucia Soares (@katiucia_), Thalita Machado (@thalimcd)
DOP: Luciana Baseggio (@lubaseggio)
DOP MX: Pau Muñoz (@pau__munoz)
Art Director: Nicolle Zaira (@niczairatv)
Screenwriter: Martina Sönken (@masonksen)
Curator and Creative Consultancy: Ale Artigas (@lala_artigas)
Creative Assitent: Thayna Pacheco (@thaynaleen)
Story Producer: Renata Simões (@renatasim)
AD: Marcelo Negri (@marcelonegri) e Luiza Baccelli (@luiza_baccelli)
AD MX: Ali Santiago (@alimsantiago)
Production Coordinator: Rodolfo Bittencourt (@rodbittencourt)
Post-Production Cordinator: Virgini Fares (@virginifares) e Fabio Abreu (@fabioabreu)
Post-Production Accounting: Claudia Rocha (@cacausrocha)
Post-Production: Luana Borges (@luanaborgs)
Editor: Beto Araújo (@betoaraujo), Allex Deracco (@allexderacco)
Color: Adonias Dantas (@adonias_dantas)
Post-Production Company: Butterfly (@butterfly_coletivo)
Sound Producer: Evil Twin (@evil_twin_musica)









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

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