The Elf's Tower (Ельфова вежа)

Production Status
Сompleted
Release Date
2020
Country(ies) of (co)production
Poland, Ukraine
Duration
100’

Those who happen to get into a mental health institution strive to leave it as soon as possible and never go back. Having come to the hospital, Serhii not only stays there—he starts his own theatre.

Those who happen to get into a mental health institution strive to leave it as soon as possible and never go back. Having come to the hospital, Serhii not only stays there—he starts his own theatre. This is a theatre where patients play on the stage alongside amateur teens and even Serhii’s own children. They all work together at staging a play written by one of the patients, called The Elf’s Tower. As he entered the hospital, he did not just see patients there, he saw elfpeople. His aim is to return the patients to the world, but first to return them to themselves. Does he want to help patients, change the world, or fullfil himself?

CREW:
Directing: Polina Kelm
Production:
Co-production: Film Studio Everest
Funding:
Already engaged financial partners and funds: Ukrainian State Film Agency, PISF (Poland), IDFA Bertha Fund (Netherlands)
Sales:
Pre-sold Territories: Poland, Benelux
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