Where to watch

Human Rights, International, Spirituality, Women + Director, Women-Centered Stories, Youth-Centered Stories

A Song that Slays

A Fiscally Sponsored Project

Director:

Mo Scarpelli

Producers:

Alessandro Amato, Luigi Chimienti

In Development

95 minutes

Chesang (13) asks the god of the wind for help escaping marriage arranged to an old man. It sends her to find a secret flower full of poison, for her to use however she chooses. A Song That Slays is a tragedy based on the legend of a young girl who uses the mystery of nature to overcome the violence of man.

Awards

2022 European Women’s Audiovisual Network Award at When East Meets West CoProduction Forum

Honors

2024 La Faena Cali Film Residency
2024 Berlinale Talents Script Station
2022 Locarno Allliance 4 Development Forum
2022 When East Meets West CoProduction Forum
2022 LIM – Less Is More Film Development Workshop
2021 Thessaloniki Agora Film Meetings
2021 Novos Cinemas #Lab (2020)