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“AMM”

JOAO PRATES X DAKOTA SIMAO

A collage of three scenes: The top scene shows a person in a hoodie with their face obscured, in a dimly lit environment. The middle scene captures a person with a messy bun sitting at a table with lights and a window in the background. The bottom scene depicts a person walking outside at night, holding a rifle, with a blurred, illuminated background.
Three scenes: First, a man with dark skin peeking into a shower. Second, a man sitting at a table with a cup, talking to a woman covering her face. Third, a woman with curly hair looking serious, facing another woman with curly hair.

AMM is a short film currently in the works…

A story about a couple’s last moments, showing that there’s no right or wrong… only two sides of the same story…

A split-screen image showing two scenes with a bald man with earrings. In the top scene, he appears surprised or shocked in a room with modern decor. In the bottom scene, he is in a shower with a neutral expression, looking down.
Three women sitting at a table in a dimly lit room, with a plant visible in the background. The woman on the right has curly hair and appears to be distressed, while the woman at the top has dark hair and is covering her face with her hands.

Dakota simao

DIRECTOR // ACTOR

SARAH AFCHAIN

ACTRESS

Three horizontal sections: the top shows a man with a beard in a dark room, illuminated by computer screens; the middle shows a close-up of handwritten labels on small paper bags, including one that says "Dako Tak"; the bottom features a smiling man with long hair and a hat, standing against a dark background.

jOAO PRATES

DIRECTOR // DOP

AMM is a short film currently in the works…

What was only a DOP / Producer’s ( myself ) visual mood and a Dancer/Actor Story rapidly turned into a one week shoot with a lot of emotion.

After some adjustments to the already been written dialog by Dakota, we gathered a small team and spend a week in Valais, Switzerland where we shot our first short film.

With the helps of Sarah Afchain, as the second actress, Lucas Charles as the Gaffer/1st Ac and Teresa DiCaprio on the boom mic, we created a 14 pages storyboard short film that teached me and all of us a lot of lessons.

The project is currently in the music mixing phase and we hope to release it winter 24/25

Music / Ambiance by: Hook