Girl Away from Home

Girl Away From Home

26th TIDF: Greek Premiere

Nastia (13) is the captain of an elite gymnastics team in Kyiv. The girls on the team are her best friends. Together they train hard for the upcoming championship. They win the championship and have never been better. Just one month later, war breaks out in Ukraine and Nastia has to move with her grandmother to Germany. Now Nastia has to create a new life without her parents and without her friends from gymnastics. She has no idea when she will be able to return to Kyiv and see her parents and friends again. And the wait in Germany is difficult for Nastia. But when she joins a German gymnastics team, things slowly start to brighten.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market TIDF26.

Direction: Simon Lereng Wilmont, Alisa Kovalenko

Script: Simon Lereng Wilmont, Alisa Kovalenko

Cinematography: Simon Lereng Wilmont, Alisa Kovalenko

Editing: Signe Rebekka Kaufmann

Sound: Rune Hansen

Music: Ali Helnwein

Production: Toolbox Film

Producers: Maria Stevnbak Westergren

Co-production: Relation04 Media, Pedersen & Co

Co-producers: Knut Skoglund, Karl Emil Rikardsen

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Denmark, Norway

Production Year: 2023

Duration: 22'

Contact: Autlook Filmsales

Part of the series Kids on the Silk Road.
Suitable for kids over the age of 8.

Simon Lereng Wilmont

Filmography

2008 Above the Ground, Beneath the Sky (short)
2014 The Fencing Champion (short)
2017 The Distant Barking of Dogs
2022 A House Made of Splinters
2023 Girl Away From Home (short, co-direction)