ELA – SKIZZEN ZUM ABSCHIED

ELA – SKETCHES ON A DEPARTURE

Ela wants to escape the tristesse of her daily life and move West, into a better life. The story of separation as a new beginning.

Director

OLIVER ADAM KUSIO was born in 1988 and studied Art History, Visual Studies and Philosophy in Frankfurt and Berlin. During internships in theater and film, he began writing and directing his own films. Since 2011 he has been collaborating with Rosa von Praunheim and is currently studying Film Directing at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. His films include: EIN HARTES LEBEN (doc short, 2012) and PRAUNHEIM MEMORIES (doc, 2014), both in co-direction with Rosa von Praunheim, as well as ANDY’S MY FRIEND (short, 2017) and ELA – SKETCHES ON A DEPARTURE (short, 2017).

Michael KrummenacherPoster ELA – SKETCHES ON A DEPARTURE
Oliver Adam Kusio
photos © Marco Müller/Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Genre
    Coming-of-Age Story, Drama, Melodrama
  • CATEGORY
    Short
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2017
  • DIRECTOR
    Oliver Adam Kusio
  • SCREENPLAY
    Oliver Adam Kusio
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Marco Müller
  • CAST
    Karolina Romuk-Wodoracka, Bartosz Sak, Karolina Porcari, Mikolaj Trzybinski, Björn Heienbrock
  • PRODUCER
    Simon B. Stein
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • RUNTIME
    25 min
  • LANGUAGE
    Polish
  • FESTIVALS
    Dresden 2017, Cannes 2017 (Semaine de la Critique)
  • AWARDS
    Golden Horseman Best National Short Dresden 2017
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