Olga directed by Elie Grappe

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Robyn Sassen
PUSHED to the limits of choice: Olga (Anastasiia Budiashkina) in Elie Grappe’s film ‘Olga’, at the European Film Festival. Photograph courtesy broadway.org.uk

WHEN YOUR BODY says: ‘This much and no further!’ and your dreams are within arms’ reach but your land is burning down, what do you do? The story of Olga (played by Anastasiia Budiashkina) is a complicated one which offers a provocative understanding of nationhood and a prescient reflection on the Ukraine. It is on this year’s European Film Festival, which is designed as hybrid, offering limited screenings and online access in Johannesburg and Cape Town, between 13 and 23 October, Mbabane between 21 and 23 October and Maseru, between 28 and 30 October.

Just 15 years old, Olga, who is a high-end gymnast, has the Olympic Games in her professional cross hairs. The daughter of a Kyiv-based journalist at the time of the so-called Revolution of Dignity of 2014, she is torn by her roots. Her mother’s work is…

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