SPUK, the horror series developed by João Pedro Prado and Vincent Edusei, recently completed its participation in the 8th annual WinterClass Serial Writing and Producing program, a prestigious advanced training initiative for future screenwriters and showrunners by Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and the Erich Pommer Institute (EPI). The program is led by Prof. Timo Gößler, head of screenwriting and dramaturgy at the university.
SPUK follows the story of Hannah, a law graduate from Munich who returns to her hometown at the request of her dying grandmother. She takes a position at an old law firm where dark forces appear to be at work. Hannah soon discovers that the paranormal occurrences are deeply rooted in her family’s mysterious past. The series is loosely inspired by the real-life “Haunting of Rosenheim” from 1967—one of West Germany’s most notorious unsolved paranormal events.
As part of WinterClass, João and Vincent contributed as staff writers for their colleagues’ projects, and vice versa. The WinterClass 2022/23 cohort also included Narges Derakhshan (Loulou), Nicolas Stille (BRD Noir), Paulina Peschken (Panopticon), Marieke Fritzen (SockHub), and Jessica Hölzl (Null).