Short Films Competition

Zempicalypse

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A journalist struggles to write an article about the modern woman. As memories of her life unfold through desire, envy, ambition, and loss, she confronts the pressures of perfection and discovers the possibility of a life that is real, imperfect, and her own.

Oleksandra Kovalenko

biography

Oleksandra Kovalenko is a Ukrainian-born filmmaker based in Berlin. With a background in social project management, she explores absurd human experiences. She studied filmmaking at AOTR Filmschool Berlin and has worked on several short films, inspired to direct her first feature.

Credits
  • Directing : Oleksandra Kovalenko
  • Script : Emilia Schmucker & Oleksandra Kovalenko
  • Casting : Emilia Schmucker, Philip Stein, Cecilie Decken
  • Photography : Matteo Riebe & Anton Selze
  • Sound : Lilly Bantelmann, Sara Castañares, Angel Ulloa & Philippa Groß
  • Editing : Matteo Riebe, Oleksandra Kovalenko
  • Music : Free Music Archive
  • Decoration : Oleksandra Kovalenko & Emilia Schmucker
  • Costumes : Philippa Groß
  • Makeup & hairdressing : Emilia Schmucker
  • Production : Oleksandra Kovalenko & Emilia Schmucker
  • Directing assistant : Vicente Riquelme
  • VFX : Matteo Riebe
  • Calibration : JAndrew Hwang
  • Sound mixing : Matteo Riebe

Catering: Philip Stein Poster: Maria Schmucker

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