Ольга
France / Switzerland / Ukraine,
2021, 85 min
Plots(1)
Ukraine, autumn 2013. Olga, a fifteen-year-old top-flight gymnast, has some hard training ahead of her in her father’s home country of Switzerland: she hopes to bring about a major shift in her career, taking her to the European Championships and on to the Olympics. The political situation in Kyiv intensifies, however, and Olga’s mother, a journalist and activist, joins the thousands of people demonstrating in Independence Square, among them Sasha, Olga’s politically driven friend and former Ukrainian teammate. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
- 2021 - Elie Grappe, Raphaëlle Desplechin (The Sacem Grand Prix)
- 2021 - Elie Grappe (Golden Camera)
Zlín Film Festival
- 2022 - Elie Grappe (Golden Slipper - Feature Film for Youth)
- 2022 - Elie Grappe (Award of the Youth Jury for Best Feature Film in the Junior and Youth Category)
- 2022 - Elie Grappe (Patron of Children Award for Powerful Children´s Story in the Children's, Junior and Youth Category)