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Branded

Synopsis

BRANDED is a woman’s defiance, in the face of atrocity, to uphold Art and Freedom. Set at some time, in the past, present, or the future. A Ukrainian woman, captured by a regime that forbids artistic expression, challenges her oppressors. She is anonymous, without a presence in the world, the non-existence of a political prisoner. Pacing around the cell, her words directed at the Wall behind her. The Wall that protects her from what is beyond. From other cells, noises of torture are heard. The sounds of conflict increase as the war comes closer. Knowing she will die, her dreams are of the life she used to have, with freedom, laughing and painting in her studio. Her concern is not for herself when she asks, is this the end of Art? She has a vision and imagines Leonardo da Vinci visits her, and asks him, will Art survive? Her desperation increasing, she paints with her own faeces and urine on the Wall. Collapsing, she imagines a future artist visiting her cell. He tells her, Art cannot die, artists are the future.
Kateryna Polishchuk, a soldier in the Ukrainian army, is the voice of the woman in the cell.

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Details

Year: 2024
Type of film: Features
Running time: 75 min
Format: Digital
Director: Pauline Amos 1st Feature
Producer: Pauline Amos
Executive Producer: Colin Vaines (UK)
Editor: Natasha Westlake
Screenwriter: Pauline Amos
Director of Photography: John Letsinger
Production Designer: Pauline Amos
Sound: Tim Burns
Music: Jessica Dannheisser, Ilan Eshkeri, Yury Revich
Principal cast: Pauline Amos, Kateryna Polishchuck, Nazar Grabar
Studio Recording: Colin Potter; Kyiv Voice Recording: Mart Studio

Genre

Human Rights Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Amos Films

Pauline Amos

Synchronistic Pictures

Colin M. Vaines
Rupert House
Unit 1
4 Tisbury Court
London
W1D 6BG

colinmvaines@icloud.com

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Set at some time in the past or the present or the future and not in any defined country. ‘She’ is the name of an Artist, arrested and imprisoned by a regime that forbids Art. <br /> She is without a name, anonymous, without a presence in the world, the non-existence of a political prisoner. She is held captive in a prison cell. <br /> Alone and frightened, surrounded by noises of torture and the approaching war, her thoughts and words are directed towards the four walls of the cell. She asks: is this the end of Art? With fear and developing insanity, She hallucinates and has a vision. Leonardo da Vinci visits her, She asks him; will Art survive. Raving, her desperation increasing, She paints with her own faeces on the Wall. She has a second vision and a future artist visits her cell. He tells her not to despair. Art is like water; it finds a way to flow. Art cannot die. He and She are the future The war is closer. <br /> She fears for her life and knows the approaching allies will not save her in time. She smiles, knowing Art and Freedom are the future.

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