Unstill life: Apolonia, Apolonia

IDENTITY / A mesmerising documentary delving into themes of art, love, motherhood, and overcoming societal challenges. Lea Glob’s (2015’s Olmo & the Seagull, co-directed with Petra Costa) Apolonia, Apolonia is an auspicious solo feature debut on multiple levels. Crafted patiently over a span of 13 years, the poignant doc, which took top prize in the international competition at last year’s IDFA, follows Apolonia Sokol, a young and wildly ambitious French figurative painter of Danish and Polish descent, who seems forever to be globetrotting headlong into the future – one that sees her catching up with the great masters of the art world. But perhaps also escaping a rather chaotic past that includes growing up in an underground theatre that her bohemian parents founded on the «wrong» side of the Seine.

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