Portrait of A

Runtime: 90'

Expected release: May 2027

Production stage: Late Development

1st feature: No

Looking for: Financing, Co-Producer, Festivals, Sales Agents

Synopsis:

Andrea is a young Romani woman in eastern Germany who runs toward love at sixteen, eloping with her boyfriend. He is unfaithful, but leaving him is not simple. Over seven years we follow Andrea through love, betrayal and motherhood, weaving in stop-motion animation into an ongoing dialogue with the filmmaker about compromise and the choices we make.

Director ‘s Profile:

Rand Beiruty is a writer, director and creative producer. She holds a practice-based PhD from Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, focusing on questions of representation and participatory filmmaking. Her debut feature documentary Tell Them About Us premiered at CPH:DOX 2024 and received the German Documentary Film Award 2025 for an emerging filmmaker and the ECFA Award for Best European Feature Documentary for Young Audiences. Her short animated documentary Shadows premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and went on to screen at 100+ festivals, winning over 20 awards.

Producers ‘s Profile:

Rand Beiruty and Jude Kawwa are the Amman-based founders of Shaghab Films, a company on the lookout for talent with a strong artistic vision and social commentary. The company focuses on international co-productions and has invested in establishing and implementing capacity-building incubators and training programs. Current slate includes Murad Abu Eisheh’s A Calling from the Desert to the Sea (short fiction, Cairo IFF, 2022), Rand Beiruty’s debut documentary Tell Them About Us (CPH:DOX, 2024) and Shadows (short animated documentary, Venice, 2024