Ela - Sketches on a Departure

Ela lives in a small provincial town in Poland. Her daily life is stuck in a routine, balancing work and family. But Ela has a dream: Like many young Polish people, Ela, too, wants to escape the tristesse of the council housing estate and move West, into a better life.

2017, Zweitjahresfilm (F2), feature film

Crew

camera:: Marco Mueller
editor:: Anna-Lena Engelhardt
production:: Simon Stein
director:: Oliver A. Kusio
production design:: Fanny Welz
sound:: Azadeh Zandieh

Cast

main cast:: Björn Heienbrock
main cast:: Karolina Porcari
main cast:: Karolina Romuk-Wodoracka
main cast:: Bartosz Sak
main cast:: Mikołaj Trzybiński

Ela - Sketches on a Departure (opens enlarged image) — (C) Marco Müller / Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF 2017

Festivals

International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao ZINEBI