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Josephine

Competition 2026
© Josephine Film Holdings LLC
Early one morning, Josephine and her father Damien are on the way to the park to play football together when they see a jogger being sexually assaulted by a stranger. Damien chases after the man. In the aftermath, Josephine asks what the man was doing to the woman but her dad dodges the question. When Josephine looks up the word “rape”, she starts to see the world as an increasingly dirty, dangerous place. Damien tries to cope with the situation by enrolling Josephine in Kung Fu classes, but he fails to address her emotional trauma. Josephine increasingly displays violent outbursts in school and divides her classmates into friends to protect and foes to protect herself from. A conflict emerges between her parents that causes further instability in Josephine’s life. As she seeks to understand what she has witnessed, and the part she has to play in the search for justice, Josephine starts to take control of her own safety and grows wise beyond her young years.
by Beth de Araújo (Director, Screenplay)
with Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, Mason Reeves, Philip Ettinger, Syra McCarthy USA 2025 English 119' Colour International premiere

With

  • Channing Tatum (Damien)
  • Gemma Chan (Claire)
  • Mason Reeves (Josephine)
  • Philip Ettinger (Greg)
  • Syra McCarthy (Sandra)

Crew

Director Beth de Araújo
Screenplay Beth de Araújo
Cinematography Greta Zozula
Editing Anisha Acharya, Nico Leunen, Kyle Reiter
Music Miles Ross
Sound Design William Tabanou
Production Design Tom Castronovo
Producers David Kaplan, Beth de Araújo, Marina Stabile, Josh Peters, Mark H. Rapaport, Crystine Zhang

Produced by

Kaplan Morrison

New York, USA

Vibrato

Los Angeles, USA

World Sales

WME William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

Los Angeles, USA

Creative Artists Agency

Los Angeles, USA

Photos

Press Conference

Red Carpet

Beth de Araújo

© Joey Ally

The writer and director was recognised by “Filmmaker Magazine” as one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film”. Her debut feature Soft & Quiet premiered at SXSW and was nominated for the Gotham Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award. Josephine is her second feature film.

Filmography

2022 Soft & Quiet 2026 Josephine

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026