SHORT SYNOPSIS“SMUDGE” IS A POETIC EXPLORATION OF FREEDOM — NOT AS A GIVEN, BUT AS A QUESTION: IF WE ARE ALL BORN AND ALL DIE, IS WHAT HAPPENS IN BETWEEN TRULY THE SAME FOR EVERYONE? DIRECTED BY A YOUNG FILMMAKER FROM A FAVELA IN SÃO PAULO, THIS SHORT WAS CREATED WITHOUT A BUDGET, USING REAL PEOPLE AND PLACES FROM THE COMMUNITY AS BOTH CAST AND SET. I WAS INVITED TO JOIN AS A COLOURIST, ALONGSIDE A FEW DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO BELIEVED IN THE VISION.
