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JESSICA GONZATTO
Screenwriter

Screenwriter, director, author, and co-creator of Writer’s Room 51. Holds a degree in Audiovisual from UNISINOS, completed the Film & TV Industry Essentials program at NYU Tisch, and studied at the Sorbonne (2019). Has worked with production companies such as Gullane, Sentimental Filme, Clube Filmes, and Trupe Filmes. She is the screenwriter of several original projects, including: the short film Coágulo (2018), and the horror short scripts Carcaça (MetroLab Award 2018) and As Dores do Parto (Machado DarkSide Books Award 2020). The latter, as a feature script, participated in TorinoFilmLab NEXT Feature Film 2023, 7th ECM+LAB (FAM 2023), 8th Cine Pitching (2024), Angaelica Festival (USA, 2025); was a finalist in the Sundance Collab’s Cultural Impact Residency 2025 and a semifinalist in La Fabrique du Cinéma (2024). Jessica is the creator of the short film project Corpo D’Água, finalist of Curto Criativo 2024 and produced by Rosa Canina, with actress Bianca Comparato confirmed in the cast. She was co-writer of the short film Te Espero às Quatro, winner of Best Film and 4 other awards at the 48h Film Project (2023), which participated in Filmapalooza 2024 (Lisbon). She was the screenwriter of the short Elefante Branco, also part of the event, winner of 4 awards (2024). As an author, she participates in horror anthologies such as Terrores Latinos (Luva Publishing) and is writing her first book. Her focus is horror, thriller, and drama.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Communication – Audiovisual Production (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos / UNISINOS) – 2015 to 2019
  • Certificate in Film and TV Industry Essentials – NYU Tisch School of the Arts & Yellowbrick (Online, 2023–2024)
  • Non-degree Course: Semiotics – Université Sorbonne Nouvelle / Paris 3 (2019)
  • Lato Sensu Postgraduate Program in Psychoanalysis – Instituto Esfera (Online, since 2020)
  • Several non-degree courses in screenwriting, creative writing, and the audiovisual market – Roteiraria, PUC-RS, University of Cambridge edX (online, 2020–2024)

Filmography

  • COÁGULO (2018) – Short film. Director and screenwriter.
  • CARCAÇA (2019) – Short film. Screenwriter. Not produced.
  • AS DORES DO PARTO (2020) – Short film. Screenwriter. Not produced.
  • TE ESPERO ÀS QUATRO (2023) – Short film. Co-writer.
  • ELEFANTE BRANCO (2024) – Short film. Screenwriter.
  • CIPHER (in development) – Fiction feature film. Co-writer with Guilherme Soares Zanella.

Literature

  • CASARÃO e URUBUS NO PARAPEITO (2021) – Horror short stories. Author. Published on Clã do Terror website (offline).
  • CARNIÇA (2022) – Horror short story. Author. Published in Revista Perpétua.
  • TERRORES LATINOS (2023) – Anthology. Luva Publishing. Short story: O Leite da Mãe (Author).
  • A PERSONAGEM ALÉM DAS FÓRMULAS – Ebook. Co-author with Guilherme S. Zanella.
  • SANGUESSUGA (2023) – Horror short story. Author. Published in the anthology Escritos na Escuridão. Obook BR.
  • O DEFUNTO DA CENTELHA (2023) – Short story. Author. Available on Amazon.
  • A FOME DA BESTA (2024) – Short story. Author. Published in the anthology O Drama é Dark vol. 2.
  • SOPRO SANTO (2024) – Short story. Author.

Labs

  • TorinoFilmLab NEXT Feature Film (2023) – As Dores do Parto, feature-length screenplay, fiction.
  • 7th Mercosur Co-production Meeting (ECM+LAB) (2023) – As Dores do Parto, feature-length screenplay, fiction.
  • METRÔLAB University Film Festival (2018) – Carcaça, short screenplay, fiction.

Awards, nominations, and festivals

  • ELEFANTE BRANCO (2024)
    • 48h Film Project 2024 – 3rd Best Short Film (Jury Award); Best Editing; Best Cinematography; Best Character.
  • TE ESPERO ÀS QUATRO (2023)
    • 48h Film Project 2023 – Best Short Film; Audience Award – Session B; Best Editing; Best Acting; Best Direction.
  • AS DORES DO PARTO (2020)
    • Machado DarkSide Award – Best Short Screenplay.
    • TorinoFilmLab – Selected project.
    • NEXT 2023 – Selected project.
    • 7th ECM+LAB – Selected project.
    • 8th Cine Pitching – Selected project.
    • Angaelica Festival USA 2025 – Selected project.
  • CARCAÇA (2018)
    • MetroLab 2019 – Best Short Project.
  • COÁGULO (2018)
    • 1st FUCCA – Festival Universitário de Curtas a Céu Aberto 2019 – Best Short Film; Honorable Mention for Best Sound.
    • Official selections: 7th A Vingança dos Filmes B 2018; 46th Gramado Film Festival – Gaúcho Shorts 2018; 29th São Paulo International Short Film Festival – KINOFORUM 2018; 1st Cine-Órfão Festival (Recife) 2018; 4th Toró University Film Festival (Belém) 2018; 1st University Short Film Festival of Sergipe 2019; 4th Cine Horror Bahia 2019; 2nd Curva do Rio University Film Festival 2019; First-Time Filmmaker Sessions – UK, 2019; Cine Esquema Novo 2019; 3rd Cinemulti Showcase Itacaré 2021.
  • SOPRO SANTO (2024)
    • O Último Concurso – Best Short Story.
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