Asche
Vermeintlich tiefgründig, in Wahrheit latent oberflächlich – so präsentiert sich die Kunst-Schickeria in Elena Wolffs zweiter langer Regiearbeit ASCHE. Zwischen kreativen Höhenflügen und persönlichen Befindlichkeiten entspinnt sich eine Suche nach Gender, Identität, Besitz und Freiheit. In dieser im besten Sinne eigenwilligen Collage kämpft die Hauptfigur mit letzter Konsequenz um ihre eigene künstlerische Stimme. Hinter all den Oberflächlichkeiten verbirgt sich jedoch die fundamentale Frage: Wie findet man zu sich selbst? (Ania Gleich)
Despite her critical acumen, SHE, an artist who is fully aware of her appeal, is dating the picture-perfect alpha male Simeon: a conceited bohemian genius who wears a proud armor of lewd pseudo authenticity. He insists on having an open relationship, but still wants to own his girl. However, in reaction to the inconspicuous man on the park bench – “you’re the naked girl from Instagram” – SHE is much quicker in confronting him with a smug male mirror. (…) In the shine of its own surfaces, ASCHE hides the deceptive shallowness that society constantly motivates us to cultivate and confuse with our inner selves. (Bianca Jasmina Rauch, sixpackfilm)
Director's Biography
Elena Wolff (*1993) is an Austrian actor, director, and comedian born in Berlin. They graduated from Anton Bruckner University Linz in 2019 and has since worked freelance in theatre, film, and TV. In 2021, they premiered their first stand-up solo show, APOKALYPSE Frau*. Their directing debut, PARA:DIES had its world premiere in Saarbrücken, at the film festival Max Ophüls Preis. ASCHE was partly shot in Linz and funded by the Land OÖ, Kunst und Kultur. Filmographie Regie (Auswahl)
Asche (2024) - Luft (2023, short) - Para:Dies (2022; CE22) - schweben. (swaying., 2021, short, co-directed with Julia Windischbauer; CE21, Local Artist Award) - Mo(nu)ment (2019, short)
Asche (2024) - Luft (2023, short) - Para:Dies (2022; CE22) - schweben. (swaying., 2021, short, co-directed with Julia Windischbauer; CE21, Local Artist Award) - Mo(nu)ment (2019, short)
Local Artists 2024
Elena Wolff
Österreich 2024
color
90 Minuten
Deutsch OmeU
Drehbuch Elena Wolff
Kamera Nora Einwaller
Schnitt Alba Diaz
Ton/Sounddesign Lukas Benedicic
Mit Elena Wolff, Thomas Schubert, Naomi Bah, Celine Meral, Selina Graf, Simon Kluth, Nils Svenja Thomas, Til Schindler
Produzent*innen Elli Leeb, Elena Wolff (Co-Produzentin / Co-Producer)
Weltvertrieb
sixpackfilm
Weltpremiere
Diagonale 2024