Judith Rose Gyabaah
name
Judith Rose Gyabaah
profession
writer & director
country
Germany
biography
Born into a German-Ghanaian family in the Blackforest, Judith Rose Gyabaah soon discovered storytelling as her means to build bridges between her cultures and expand boundaries.
She studies screenwriting at Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF since 2019.
In her work, she focuses on social-political issues through the lens of genre and explores new narratives.
prizes / labs
„ameisen fressen kein halva“ Drehbuchklausur Kitzbühel (2022)
„Poem of Potted Plants“ Shortlisted for 3rd up-and-coming screenwriter’s award Hannover (2022)
„I Was Never Really Here“ Audience Award Film School Fest München (2022)
„Agbogbloshie“ UFA Seriencamp (2020)
website
social media
Poem of Potted Plants
working title
Poem of Potted Plants
project status
in development
logline / short synopsis
Due to an unwanted pregnancy, a young black woman must confront her fear of motherhood, while having to face the hopes of her adoptive mother, who could never bear children of her own. She decides to terminate the pregnancy. POEM OF POTTED PLANTS is a poetic short drama about the complexity of our feelings towards motherhood.