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Apollonia

Apollonia is an 85 year old farmer who lets her chickens out of the coop every day, feeds and watches them tenderly. Her granddaughter films her in her habitat, growing plants, repotting and watering flowers, cleaning and dressing, going to church and praying silently while doing all of it. Both share a compassionate relationship marked by a void between them and a life with the comings and goings of people, seasons and routines in a small village in Bavaria.

  • Johanna Schraut
    Director
  • Johanna Schraut
    Writer
  • Johanna Schraut
    Producer
  • Jonas Friedrich
    Producer
  • Apollonia Reinlein
    Key Cast
    "Apollonia"
  • Johanna Schraut
    camera
  • Johanna Schraut
    editor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Apollonia
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    35 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Universität der Künste
Director Biography - Johanna Schraut

Born and raised in the 90s in the south of Germany.

Living and working in Berlin as costume/set designer and filmmaker.

Finalized her master of arts in costume design at the UdK Berlin 2020.

Before that studies in media and theatre science, art history, philosophy and performances in Germany and Canada.

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Director Statement

This place, these archaic acts, the traditional Franconian language, the weathered objects and the stoic attitude only survive through Apollonia's daily performance of her routines and duties.

I have great affection for this woman, farmer and grandmother and marvel at how she deals with the imponderables in her life, with nature and animals and the atmosphere, the peculiar aesthetics and the anachronism of this place. Everything passed through her hands and was charged and changed as a result.

My aim was to capture this place as a manifestation and constitutive of my grandmother, to let it speak and to give her a voice. My relationship with her came into the picture and thus adds a blank space to the portrait of Apollonia.