APOLONIA APOLONIA
When Danish filmmaker Lea Glob first portrayed Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a storybook life. The talented Apolonia was born in an underground theater group in Paris and grew up in an artists’ community—the ultimate bohemian existence. In her 20s, she studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, one of the most prestigious art academies in Europe. Over the years, Lea Glob kept returning to film the charismatic Apolonia and a special bond developed between the two young women. The result is a fascinating portrait, spanning 13 years, of a young woman trying to find her place in the art world. Apolonia is confident in her talent, but her path is not always an easy one. Life is not a storybook; one of the lessons Apolonia learns is that women painters have to make more sacrifices and overcome greater obstacles than their male counterparts do. This also applied to the friend she lived with for a long time, Oksana Shachko, one of the founders of the feminist action group Femen. Apolonia’s resilience is put to the test.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Denmark, Poland, France
- RUNNING TIME:
- 116'
- YEAR:
- 2022
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Lea Glob
- SCRIPT:
- Lea Glob
- DOP:
- Lea Glob
- EDITOR:
- Andreas Boggild Monies, Thor Ochsner
- MUSIC:
- Jonas Struck
- PRODUCTION:
- Staroń Film, Danish Documentary Production, HBO Max Central Europe
- CPH:DOX* | Copenhagen Int. Documentary Film Festival 2023, Denmark, 2023 (screening)
- IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2022, The Netherlands, 2022 (IDFA Award for Best Film)
- International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World, Czech Republic, 2023 (Best film)
- Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon 2023, Switzerland, 2023 (competition)
- DOCAVIV 2023 Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, Isreal, 2023 (competition)
- Doc Edge Festival 2023, New Zealand, 2023 (competition)
- Nordisk Panorama Film Festival, 2023, Sweden, 2023 (competition)
- Nordisk Panorama Film Festival, 2023, Sweden, 2023 (competition)