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Olga

Directed by Elie Grappe

Release: 2021
Runtime: 87
Language: French, Ukrainian, In Russian with English subtitles
Director: Elie Grappe
Cinematographer: Lucie Baudinaud
Writer: Raphaëlle Desplechin, Elie Grappe

A talented young gymnast from Kyiv, played by real-life former Ukrainian national team member Anastasiia Budiashkina, moves to Switzerland to pursue her Olympic dreams in Elie Grappe’s award-winning drama. Set in 2014, the film follows 15-year-old Olga as she tries to make friends on her new team and adjust to life in her new home. As she relentlessly trains in preparation for the European Championships, her friends and family back in the Ukraine are taking to the streets in what would become known as the Maidan Revolution. Olga is left a powerless, distant bystander as her mother, an investigative journalist, faces danger and violence in her work challenging the brutal Yanukovich regime. The historic events depicted in the film are intricately linked with the subsequent Russian invasion, providing rich insight into the current situation in the Ukraine, yet Grappe’s camera never strays from the point of view of a remarkable young woman struggling to find her way in the world. Can Olga reconcile her personal goals as a gymnast with the living history unfolding in her homeland? This tense yet delicate portrait of exile, ambition, and identity won the SACD Prize at Cannes Critics Week and features a star-making turn from its fearless lead.

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Awards & Festivals

Winner SACD award - Un Certain Regard Cannes
Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Official Selection Palm Springs International Film Festival
Official Selection COLCOA French Film Festival

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Technical Info

  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Color: Color

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All Saints Cinema / Tallahassee Film Society Tallahassee 1660276800August 12 - November 18, 2022
Bear Tooth Theatrepub Anchorage 1660536000August 15 - August 16, 2022
ByTowne Cinema Ottawa 1660104000August 10 - August 19, 2022
Cine Culture Fresno 1663732800September 21 - October 31, 2022
CineCulture Clovis 1664769600October 3 - October 10, 2022
Cinema Arts Centre Huntington 1659240000July 31 - August 1, 2022
Cleveland Cinematheque Cleveland 1657252800July 8 - August 26, 2022
Coral Gables Art Cinema Coral Gables 1661313600August 24 - August 25, 2022
Dairy Arts Center Boulder 1658376000July 21 - July 25, 2022
Denver Film / Sie FilmCenter Denver 1657252800July 8 - July 15, 2022
Digital Gym Cinema San Diego 1658462400July 22 - July 29, 2022
District Cinema Washington 1656475200June 29 - June 30, 2022
George Eastman Museum Rochester 1657166400July 7 - July 8, 2022
Goldtown Nickelodeon Theater Juneau 1657944000July 16 - July 22, 2022
Harvard Art Museums Cambridge 1667707200November 6 - November 7, 2022
Laemmle Theatres Los Angeles 1657252800July 8 - July 15, 2022
Metro Cinema Edmonton 1658376000July 21 - July 29, 2022
MSP Film Society Minneapolis 1657857600July 15 - July 22, 2022
Oxnard Film Society Oxnard 1659326400August 1 - August 2, 2022
Pickford Film Center Bellingham 1657857600July 15 - July 29, 2022
Quad Cinema New York 1656043200June 24 - July 1, 2022
Revue Cinema Toronto 1658721600July 25 - July 27, 2022
Rio Theatre Vancouver 1658548800July 23 - July 25, 2022
Rose Theatre Port Townsend 1657252800July 8 - July 16, 2022
Savor Cinema Fort Lauderdale 1657598400July 12 - July 13, 2022
SIFF Film Center Seattle 1659067200July 29 - August 1, 2022
Springfield Art Association Springfield 1673758800January 15 - January 17, 2023
Staller Center for the Arts Stony Brook 1658462400July 22 - July 23, 2022
The Independent Picture House (Charlotte Film Society) Charlotte 1656648000July 1 - July 8, 2022
The Nightlight Cinema Akron 1657598400July 12 - July 14, 2022
Time & Space Limited Hudson 1657944000July 16 - July 18, 2022
Wilmette Theatre Wilmette 1656648000July 1 - July 8, 2022
Zeitgeist Theatre Arabi 1657857600July 15 - July 29, 2022