Heaven Doesn't Know My Name
About the Film
A granddaughter gives a new meaning to her grandma's death through previously unspoken memories.
Director: Carol AÓ
Producers: Bartolomeu Luiz, Emanuela Moura
Brazil // 2024 // Drama // Los Shorts
20 minutes
About the Filmmaker
Carol AÓ is a visual storyteller born in Salvador, who has been residing in São Paulo since 2014. She works in directing and screenwriting in cinema, as well as serving as a script supervisor, assistant director, and script consultant on productions for Netflix, Amazon, Star+, HBO, etc. She has directed several documentaries in Salvador and has been involved in projects such as "Invisible Life" by Karim Ainouz; "Doctor Gama" and "M8" by Jeferson De, and the unreleased "The Other Side of Heaven" by Gabriel Mascaro. In "Invisible City" - seasons 1 and 2, her collaboration with director Luis Carone (which began during the series "Pico da Neblina") allowed her to engage in active listening direction, contributing to scene construction throughout the series. In addition to these projects, Carol AÓ has contributed to "Turma da Mônica - Lições", "The Caretaker", "Sister Dulce", and "Happily Ever After?", among others. In 2024, she released her first fiction film, "Heaven Doesn't Know My Name," whose screenplay was awarded at the LAB Black Narratives APAN/AMAZON 2020, the OEI New Original Screenplays Contest in 2020, the Griot LAB 2020, granted 2nd place in the PROAC 2020 short film grant from the state of São Paulo. Currently, she works as a director in advertising at Pródigo Filmes.
