More than a decade after first taking the project to the Sundance Directors Lab, writer-director Beth de Araújo arrived in Berlin with Josephine. Her autobiographical drama — starring Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan and newcomer Mason Reeves — about a child who witnesses a horrific violent crime, won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and is now screening in competition at the Berlinale.
“I’ve been trying for 12 years [to get Josephine made]. This was supposed to be my first feature. I was at the Sundance directors lab with it. However, given the subject matter, it was incredibly challenging to piece together,” de Araújo said at the Berlinale press conference for Josephine on Friday. “And Gemma was attached to it then, and then I shot Soft & Quiet (2023) and I was lucky enough to then meet this wonderful human [points to Tatum] who signed on, and then we could go make the movie.
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