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OLGA

• Director: Elie Grappe
• SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, UKRAINE / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 87’ / French, Russian, Ukrainian; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Elie Grappe, Raphaëlle Valbrune-Desplechin
• Director of Photography: Lucie Baudinaud
• Editing: Suzana Pedro
• Music: Pierre Desprats
• Cast: Nastya Budiashkina, Caterina Barloggio, Jérôme Martin, Théa Brogli, Alicia Onomor, Lou Steffen, Sabrina Rubtsova, Tanya Mikhina
• Producer: Jean-Marc Fröhle, Tom Dercourt
• Production Co.: Point Prod, Cinéma Defacto, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse
• World Sales: Pulsar Content
• Turkish Rights: Mars Film

2021 Cannes SACD Grand Prix–Critics Week
2021 Brussels Public Award, PrixTV
2021 Hamburg Sichtwechsel Prize
2021 Rome Special Mention
2021 Gijon Best Actress (A. Budiashkina)

Exiled in Switzerland, Olga, 15, is a talented Ukrainian gymnast. Like all athletes at the top of their game, she dreams of Olympic gold. She tries her best to fit into her new national team but, as the European Championship draws near, the revolution in Kiev shakes her world and tests her will. Olga is played by Anastasia Budiashkina, a former Ukrainian national team member, who represented Ukraine at the 2016 Junior European Championships). Other gymnasts in the movie are also portrayed by real-life gymnasts. Switzerland's Oscar nominee for 2022, Olga is multi-awarded short film director Elie Grappe's feature film debut.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.