Apolonia, Apolonia

Synopsis

When Danish filmmaker Lea Glob first portrayed Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a storybook life. The talented Apolonia was born in an underground theater in Paris and grew up in an artists’ community—the ultimate bohemian existence. In her 20s, she studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. Over the years, Lea Glob kept returning to film the charismatic Apolonia and a special bond developed between the two young women. The result is a fascinating portrait, spanning 13 years, of a young woman trying to find her place in the art world. Apolonia is confident in her talent, but her path is not always an easy one. Life is not a storybook... Apolonia’s resilience is put to the test.

Director Biography

Lea Glob (1982), director, cinematographer. She graduated from the documentary programme at the National Film School of Denmark in 2011. She has worked in still and video photography. Glob's graduation film "Meeting My Father Kasper Top Hat" (2011) received an award for most innovative documentary at the Chinese Sichuan TV festival. Glob and co-director Petra Costa won the Nordic Dox Award for "Olmo and the Seagull" at CPH:DOX in 2014, where Glob also received the Reel Talent Award. Glob is director, with Mette Carla Albrechtsen, of "Venus" (2016), which was selected for the First Appearance Competition at the IDFA.