Section: Polskie Horyzonty

Olena

Olena

Elżbieta Benkowska
Poland, 2013, 15 Min

Olena and her boyfriend have just completed a hastily organised journey from the Ukraine to Poland, from where they plan to continue to Sweden and start a new existence free of drugs and full of music. When the couple's passports are stolen, Olena is provided with an opportunity to take a step back and reflect.

Gdynia Film School

Olena hopes to have laid the foundation for a happier existence, in which boyfriend Dima is to be offered an escape from his struggles with drug addiction. These hopes are soon dealt a blow however, as the couple's passports are stolen. The search for the missing documents takes them to a rusty railway bridge, where smalltalk with the policeman tasked with accompanying the couple would appear to finally provide Olena with an opportunity to take a breather.

This atmospheric road movie, with its slow takes that allow the viewer to take in the protagonists emotions, has proven one of the most successful short films to come from the Gdynia Film School to date, even making it to Cannes' short film programme. JG

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Elżbieta Benkowska
Kamera
Sławomir Witek
Ton
Kacper Habisiak, Karol Szykowny
Schnitt
Elżbieta Benkowska
Ausstattung
Marta Grabicka
Musik
Alejandro Bermúdez Pascual
Darsteller
Oksana Terefenko, Igor Aronov, Sebastian Perdek, Patryk Szwichtenberg
Produzent
Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados
Produktion
Gdyńska Szkoła Filmowa
Kontakt
Gdynia Film School
Plac Grunwaldzki 2
81-372 Gdynia
Poland
Tel.: +48.58.712.22 77
info@gsf.pl
www.gsf.pl
Elżbieta Benkowska

Elżbieta Benkowska - born 1988 in Gdańsk, Poland. A graduate of the Gdynia Film School, where she studied film directing, and the University of Gdańsk, where she majored in Slavic languages, Benkowska's graduation film OLENA competed at Cannes in 2013.

Movies
PROSTO FILM (2008, short)
SĄSIADKA (2009, short)
HOKEISTKA 7 (2010, short)
SOLO (2011, short)
STRAWA DUCHOWA (2011, short)
PIERWSZY STOPIEŃ (2011, short, doc)
NOWY ŚWIAT (2015, Segment ŻANNA)