The Elf’s Tower (Ельфова вежа)

Production Status
Сompleted
Year of starting production
2020
Release Date
2020
Country(ies) of (co)production
Ukraine, Poland
Languages
Ukrainian, Polish
Duration
112’

Those who happen to get into a mental health institution strive to leave it as soon as possible. Having come here, Serhiy doesn’t just stay there; he starts his own theatre.

Those who happen to get into a mental health institution strive to leave it as soon as possible. Having come here, Serhiy doesn’t just stay there; he starts his own theatre. This is a theatre where patients act on the stage alongside amateur teens and even his own children. They all work together at staging a play written by one of the patients, called The Elf's Tower. Serhiy is an elf from a metaphorical tale; when he entered the hospital, he saw not just patients, not mentally challenged people, but unique, special people. He rips them out of the cage of prejudice. But is it easy to be an elf in real life?

CREW:
Directing: Polina Kelm
Funding:
Already engaged financial partners and funds: Ukrainian state film fund, Berta Fund (Netherlands), TVP (Poland)
Point of contact:
Festivals
East Silver Caravan Award at Beldocs 2020.

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