João Pedro Prado has received a script development grant from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) to work with award-winning Brazilian author Ricardo Domeneck in 2025 on the screenplay for his debut feature film, To Dream of Catfish (German title: Von Welsen träumen), produced by Vincent Edusei and Maritza Grass of Carousel Film.
The film, inspired by Ricardo’s short story The Public Days, follows a middle-aged Brazilian poet who returns to Brussels from Berlin to retrace the remnants of a failed relationship with a much younger man. In doing so, he is confronted with the realization that he is aging while the world around him appears unchanged.