Olena
Olena · dir. Elżbieta Benkowska
Poland 2013, 15’
Screenings
10/23, 19:15 · Od Nowa – large hall
Olena and Dima, two young Ukrainians, are travelling to Sweden, through Poland. Somebody steals their wallet, in a train. The thief throws Dima’s passport out onto the tracks, when the two are fighting. Olena and Dima must find it, before the ferry departs for Sweden. All of a sudden, the true reason for their trip is revealed.
| Director: | Elżbieta Benkowska |
| Screenplay: | Elżbieta Benkowska |
| Music: | Alejandro Bermudez Pascual |
| Cinematography: | Sławomir Witek |
| Editing: | Elżbieta Benkowska |
| Cast: | Oksana Terefenko, Igor Aronov, Sebastian Perdek, Patryk Szwichtenberg |
| Awards: | MFF w Cannes / IFF in Cannes – Oficjalna Selekcja / Official Selection (2013); Sopot Film Festival – Nagroda Główna w konkursie filmów krótkometrażowych / Main Award in the Short Film Competition (2013) |
Elżbieta Benkowska was born on Roman Polanski’s 55th birthday. She started her career with a short documentary about a female hockey player, but now finds more interest in feature films. She has graduated from Gdynia Film School and Slavistics at the University of Gdańsk.
2013 Programme
- Downloadable programme
- Films from A to Z
- Opening gala
- ON AIR
- SHORTCUT
- FROM POLAND
- LOCALIZATIONS
- The Worlds of Ulrich Seidl – a retrospective
- Martin Šulík’s retrospective
- Forward!: Małgośka Szumowska
- Focus: Syria
- Phenomena: Bruce Lee
- Woman in Russian Cinema
- New Romanian Cinema
- Forum 2012/2013
- The Best of Sofia IFF
- The Best of Jameson CineFest
- 3 × Colombian Cinema
- Special screenings
- Open meetings with the guests of the festival
- Masterclasses
- Accompanying events