"Apolonia, Apolonia"
Feature Documentary, 1h 55min
Denmark, Poland, France 2022
Directed by Lea Glob
DOP: Lea Glob, Maggie Olkuska, DFF, Magda Bojdo
Production company Danish Documentary Production, DK
Co-production Staron Film, Poland
Produced by Sidsel Lønvig Siersted, Malgorzata Staron
"The talented Apolonia grows up seeking her place in the art world while grappling with the agonies and joys of womanhood and relationships in a world dominated by patriarchy, capitalism, and war."
FILM FESTIVALS
OSCARS 2024
The film was Shortlisted for OSCARS 2024, among 15 other international documentaries. Oscars Press Release 2024
IDFA
Apolonia, Apolonia won the main prize at IDFA in Amsterdam, the world's most important documentary film festival. It was also voted best documentary at CPH:DOX and the film festival in Gothenburg (2023), Hong Kong International Film Festival (2023) and many others. The film won "Robert" awarded by the Danish Film Academy as best documentary of the year, and it is nominated for the best Documentary at Polish main film awards: "Orly" 2024.
IDFA JURY 2022:
“This film has characters who breathe life and take us on a journey, opening us up to the worlds of culture and art, of business and politics, of the mechanics of a success story. It is infused with love.”
Polish film Institute: News
Danish Film Institute: News
Crew
Director Lea Glob
Written by Lea Glob, Andreas Bøggild Monies
Producer Sidsel Lønvig Siersted, Malgorzata Staron, Sigrid Dyekjær
Director of Photography Lea Glob
Supplementary Cinematography: Maggie Olkuska, DFF & Magda Bojdo
Editor Andreas Bøggild Monies, Thor Ochsner
Sound Anna Zarnecka-Wójcik
Composer Jonas Struck
Full crew list: IMDB
Photo Credit: Lea Glob, IDFA Press Photos, PISF Press, DFI Press
