Police investigation fiction feature film

Written by Fernanda Chazan

Synopsis: JÉSSICA, 37, a Brazilian Civil Police investigator, works to unravel a series of murders that afflict the Venezuelan community in São Mateus, east of São Paulo. To do this, she must overcome the community’s mysticism and even her own fears. Some Venezuelans believe it is the terrifying spirit El Silbón, typical of Venezuelan folklore, but Jéssica goes against the system to prove that the crimes were committed by a xenophobic killer who knows the country’s beliefs in depth. For her, the investigation is a way to alleviate her own grief, as her husband was murdered when he was racistly mistaken for a thief and the case was never solved. In addition to unraveling the crimes to fulfill her duty, she is determined to do justice to alleviate her own grief and ends up managing to arrest not only the perpetrator of the crimes but also the mastermind behind it – the same doctor responsible for the death of her husband by denying him treatment.

In development

• Semi Finalist of the Writer’s Room 51 Laboratory with TDC Conteúdo 2022
• Finalist of the LATINX feature film screenplay competition 2022

Horror and drama fiction feature film

Directed and written by Jessica Gonzatto

Synopsis: Late 19th century. In Samoeiras, an small village covered in fog, Valentina has a silent routine as a funeral photographer. She lives with her husband Oscar, a gentle hunter and taxidermist, in a decaying colonial mansion. One day, Valentina begins to feel strange pains in her uninhabited womb: she no longer has a uterus. When a mysterious Boy appears from a misty lake demanding her care, Valentina fears that he is her son Elio, who disappeared years ago, seeking revenge. The Boy insists on being part of the family and Oscar, overcome by the melancholy of Elio’s loss, accepts. Amid forced motherhood and growing tension between the couple, dark secrets threaten to resurface.

In development.

• Feature film developed from the short film script that won the 1st Machado DarkSide Books Prize 2020
• Participant of TorinoFilmLab NEXT Feature Film 2023
• Participant of FAM ECM+LAB 2023, winning the Paradiso Incubator nomination award
• Semi-finalist of La Fabrique – Cinémas du Monde 2024