Pâté (film)
Encyclopedia
Pâté is a short film by writer
/director
Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
and went on to win several prestigious awards including NYU's Wasserman Award
, the Fielle d'Or at the Beverly Hills Film Festival
, The Grand Jury Prize at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Award for Excellence from New York Magazine and the Special Jury Prize at the Atlanta Film Festival.
Full of memories, their life is a shadow of the past as each character copes with the grind of daily survival. When the malevolent Mister Griswald, the only man to survive the apocalypse, drops in for dinner, he sets in motion the final act - revealing the shocking secret of their survival.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
/director
Film director
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Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo , is a Polish-American filmmaker and writer.- Biography :She studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where she graduated summa cum laude in 2003...
. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
and went on to win several prestigious awards including NYU's Wasserman Award
Wasserman Award
The Wasserman Award is NYU Film School’s top honor in recognition for outstanding achievement in film. The award honors the late Lew Wasserman and his wife Edie, major benefactors of the Tisch School of the Arts. Past winners include Spike Lee, Ang Lee, and Nancy Savoca....
, the Fielle d'Or at the Beverly Hills Film Festival
Beverly Hills Film Festival
The Beverly Hills Film Festival is a film festival in the United States founded by award-winning independent filmmaker Nino Simone in 2001. The festival debuted in 2001, and has shown regular growth each year...
, The Grand Jury Prize at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Award for Excellence from New York Magazine and the Special Jury Prize at the Atlanta Film Festival.
Plot summary
Pâté is a dark story about an aristocratic family struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Amongst a landscape of desolation, two young children, Otto and his sister Vera, hunt daily for food. Meanwhile at home in an abandoned ship, their delusional Mother clings onto the faded glory of their former aristocratic lives, aided by her shiftless Maid.Full of memories, their life is a shadow of the past as each character copes with the grind of daily survival. When the malevolent Mister Griswald, the only man to survive the apocalypse, drops in for dinner, he sets in motion the final act - revealing the shocking secret of their survival.
Cast
- Jane Culley.... the Mother
- Ty Arnold.... Otto
- Samantha Browne-WaltersSamantha Browne-WaltersSamantha Browne-Walters is an American teen actress. She played the role of Samantha Malloy on the ABC comedy series Life with Bonnie starring Bonnie Hunt. Other roles include Vera in the award winning short film Pâté and appearances on the NBC series Third Watch. She now lives in New...
.... Vera - Gary Swanson.... Mr. Griswald
- Barbara Pitcher.... the Maid