USEFUL

WHEN A YOUNG JOURNALIST EXPERIENCES A PANIC ATTACK WHILE INTERVIEWING AN 80 YEAR OLD WORLD-FAMOUS DANCER , THE TWO START EXCHANGING HEALING STORIES ABOUT PASSING ON KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN GENERATIONS OF WOMEN. THE CALMING CHOREOGRAPHY CREATED BY JOUANA SAMIA WAS CONSULTED WITH SEVERAL PSYCHOLOGISTS.

  • Wero Maja Rodowicz
    Director
  • Samuel Maxim Benke
    Writer
  • Noam Rapaport
    Producer
  • Karen Cifarelli
    Producer
  • Wero Maja Rodowicz
    Producer
  • Eveline Hall
    Key Cast
    "Barbara"
  • Bianca Nawrath
    Key Cast
    "Elia "
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    drama, feminist, youth, experimental, thriller, dance
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,250 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Wero Maja Rodowicz

BA in Communication in Social and Economical Context.
6 months spent at a Clown School in the Swiss mountains on an artistic scholarship.
MA in Visual Communication with focus on directing and screenwriting.
Head hunted for Netflix to be part of the Creative Development Team of International Original Film.
Worked as 1AD, 2AD, Continuity on big budget productions before.
Currently a creative producer for several projects and directing a pilot of tv-series for German public streaming services.
Hopefully moving to Switzerland in Autumn 2022 to study Directing for Fiction.
Based in Berlin.
Fighting for diversity in front and behind the camera everyday.
Raised in Polish theater, inherited the fountain pen of Andrzej Wajda.
Taught how to lucid dream by her grandparents.
Focusing on healing storytelling with representation of marginalised people.
Kind and empowering to everyone she meets on her path.
Always humble and eager to learn.

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Director Statement

Every film project has a life of its own. If you deny it its life, you'll create something that's dead.