Toll
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2019
Logline
Told with dark humor, TOLL centers on Suellen, a toll booth attendant who realizes she can use her job to help a gang of thieves steal watches from the wealthy people driving between São Paulo and the coast. But this is only for a noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop led by a renowned foreign priest.
Carolina Markowicz
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Carolina Markowicz is a screenwriter and director based in São Paulo, Brazil. Her first short film, 69 LUZ SQUARE, won several awards around the world, including best short film at Rio De Janeiro International Film Festival, and was screened at MoMa. TATUAPÉ MAHAL TOWER, which she wrote and co-directed, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2014. There, Carolina was considered one of the "five filmmakers to watch" by curator Shane Smith at Co-Create. TATUAPÉ MAHAL TOWER is one of the most awarded short films of 2014 in Brazil and has been selected to more than 200 festivals around the world, including Edinburgh, Warsaw, Atlanta, Florida, Toulouse, and Havana. Awards include Best Screenplay and 15 Best Film accolades. It was among Best Of The Year of Vimeo Staff Picks 2017.
Karen Castanho
Producer
Karen Castanho is the founding partner of Biônica Filmes, she’s responsible for structuring, financing and finding distributors for the projects.