“A masterful nuance balancing the limitations of procedure with the bare longing for intimacy.”
Frida
With an encounter between a young nurse and her patient of the same age, Frida, is on the border of professional distance and the desire for closeness.
Director Profile
Aleksandra Odić
Director Bio :
Aleksandra Odić was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina. As a child she emigrated to Germany with her family due to the war. Her work as an actress was followed by film directing studies at the DFFB, the German Film and Television Academy of Berlin. In 2021 she was awarded in Cannes with the Queer Palm for her short movie Frida and awarded the Lights on Women Award dedicated to promising female filmmakers.
Aleksandra Odić è nata in Bosnia ed Herzegovina. Da bambina si trasferisce con la famiglia in Germania per fuggire dalla guerra. Dopo aver lavorato come attrice si cimenta negli studi registici alla DFFB, la Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie di Berlino. Nel 2021 è stata premiata a Cannes con la Palma Queer per il suo cortometraggio Frida vincendo al contempo il premio Lights on Women Award dedicato a giovani registe emergenti.
Director Statement :
Empathy and closeness towards another person against the background of approaching death are themes that have accompanied and moved me in my life and work. The death of people one’s own age mirrors one’s own mortality in another life story.
Vicinanza ed empatia verso un’altra anima sullo sfondo di una morte imminente sono tematiche che hanno accompagnato e mosso il mio cammino personale. La morte di persone della nostra stessa età rispecchiano la nostra mortalità ed effimera essenza.
