Logline
TESFA, short film. Compassion, numbness and remorse
DB and Terry live an enclosed life, avoiding reminders of the traumatic events. DB’s arrogance is a part of her character trait; Terry drinks. When DB sees how the local communities show natural compassion and awareness of another person’s misfortune, she feels overwhelmed and motivated to do the right thing. While Terry becomes more unhinged, DB grows fixated to make herself useful. From that moment, their close bond began to split apart.
Short fiction film
https://vimeo.com/sylwiapecio/tesfafilmtrailer
Camera
Agnieszka Kocinska,
Ardeshir Abdolrahimi
Sound
Nicolas Grant
Cast
DB – Sophia Lockhart
Terry – Henok Zerabru
Mulu – Feven Birku
Tesfa – Mulukan Birku
Writer/Director
Sylwia Pecio
Producer UK
Tyler Okely
Producer Ethiopia
PIC TREE
Mesfin Mengistu
YW
Kaleebzagher Genene Asfaw
Synopsis
Two aid workers, desensitised from the cruelty of life for the vulnerable in the horn of Africa find their numbed sympathy compromised when the midnight occurrence happens.