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APOLONIA, APOLONIA
Denmark 2022 – Director: Lea Glob – Original with English subtitles – Length: 116 min.
While shooting a portrait at film school, Lea meets Apolonia. She studies painting, speaks four languages and lives in an old theatre in Paris. Surrounded by artists and activists, she is striving to make her own name in the art world. Short and long-term soul mates, unsavoury collectors and a director accompany her on her journey – for 13 years. Selia Fischer
Biography
Lea Glob graduated from the National Film School in Copenhagen and has been working successfully as a filmmaker ever since. With APOLONIA, APOLONIA she realised her first feature film without co-direction and won the award for best film at the IDFA.
Filmography
MEETING MY FATHER KASPAR TOPHAT, DK 2011, 28 min.
OLMO AND THE SEAGULL, DK/BRA/PRT/FR/SWE 2015, 85 min.
VENUS – NACKTE WAHRHEITEN, DK/NOR 2016, 80 min.
Production: Danish Documentary Production. Producer: Sidsel Lønvig Siersted. International Sales: CAT&Docs