RAKE films

03/09/2023

🎥 Three singularly incredible people fighting for the human rights and dignity of their people in three extremely difficult and dangerous environments to do so. We were honored to make these films for the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders 2023:

🇻🇪 Feliciano Reyna, Venezuela : https://vimeo.com/796261615
🇮🇳 Khurram Parvez, India-administered Jammu & Kashmir : https://vimeo.com/795825324
🇹🇩 Delphine Djiraibé, Chad : https://vimeo.com/794788419

Feliciano of Venezuela reminded us while filming that we should not believe the hype around human rights defenders being infallible heroes — we are all capable of creating spaces of dignity and removing harm in the world. So let's all get to work ❤️

Direction & Camera by Mo Scarpelli
Produced by Jorge Thielen Armand
Field Producers - Carlos Betancourt (Vz), Anonymous (India), Mahamat Ali Mouta (Chad)
Production Coordinator - Isabella Vallanilla (Vz)
Editor - Jose Ostos
Sound Design & Mix - Roberta Ainstein
Picture Post Lab - Quanta (Buenos Aires)
Colorist - Juana Solassi
Translations - Isabella Vallanilla, Jorge Thielen Armand (Esp); Mat Renault, Ninon Ardisson (Fr); Anonymous (Kashmiri)

A Rake Films production for the Martin Ennals Foundation Award 2023. Camera & Direction by Mo Scarpelli Produced by Jorge Thielen Armand Field Producer &…

06/17/2022

50% off EL FATHER PLAYS HIMSELF thru Sunday only !! Happy Father's Day !! 😁

06/08/2022

Look at this 🦁 ... four years after shooting Anbessa // a movie, Asalif is thriving.
💛 Want to chip in for his future ? Donate at http://www.paypal.me/anbessafilm
🎥 Watch the film, available everywhere now: Amazon Prime, iTunes, Vimeo on Demand, GuideDoc, KwelliTV, True Story, and more ! http://www.vimeo.com/ondemand/anbessa

01/13/2022

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After having won the Silver Biznaga for best documentary director at this June’s Malaga Festival with “El Father Plays Himself,” which screens now at the Spanish Screenings, director-cinematographe…

01/13/2022

See you soon in Trieste 🇮🇹🏔

17/12/2021 - A total of 22 untold stories will be revealed at the upcoming hybrid edition of the Trieste Co-Production Forum

12/20/2021

A huge honor !! El Father Plays Himself wins the Jury Prize + Mo Scarpelli wins Best Director at Círculo de Críticos Cinematográficos de Caracas in Venezuela 😊🇻🇪🏆💥

10/28/2021

Yes !! El Father Plays Himself is up for a British Independent Film Awards for Best Documentary 💥

The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) today announced that 14 films are longlisted in the Best Documentary category sponsored by Intermission Film. 10 of the 14 documentaries are directed or co…

09/27/2021

ANBESSA was awarded the Special Mention for Best Feature Film at Afrikaldia in Spain💥 Eskerrik asko !

09/21/2021

get back to work ! 😜
Director + DoP Mo Scarpelli in the Amazon jungle on the shoot of El Father Plays Himself 💞🇻🇪💥 Starting today the film is available to watch in the USA + Canada with Grasshopper Film ! here: https://projectr.tv/films/el-father-plays-himself/60d9f4499c7cb7000160411d

08/05/2021

🔥🔥🔥 new trailer for our UK + Colombia cinema release this week ! See where the film is playing here :
https://elfatherplayshimself.com/screenings-events

08/05/2021

Wow ... the insightful + stellar reviews in the ahead of our cinema release tonight at the Barbican Centre are rolling in ! 🥰

This rich meta-documentary follows a father and son on a deeply personal filmmaking journey into the Amazon jungle.