Sinopsis
Ukraine, 2008. The young Oxana and her group of friends act against an arbitrary and corrupt government, with slogans painted on their bodies and crowns of flowers in their hair. It is the birth of one of the most important movements of the 21st century: FEMEN. A political refugee, artist and activist, Oxana will cross borders and fight for women's rights and freedom, even risking her own life.
Charlène Favier (Lyon, 1985) is a director and screenwriter. It was in Australia where she picked up a camera for the first time, and after several years traveling the world, she entered the Jacques Lecoq school in London, trained in directing actors and art direction with Lenore Dekoven in New York, and in screenwriting at LA FÉMIS. She then wrote, directed, and produced several short films, and decided to explore her own adolescence in her first feature film, Slalom, selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 2020. Sold in more than 25 countries and selected and awarded at some thirty international festivals, Slalom won the Ornano-Valenti Prize at the Deauville Festival and was nominated four times for the Lumières Awards and twice for the César Awards in 2022. Charlène then adapted Tanguy Viel's novel La Fille qu'on appelle for Arte, in competition at La Rochelle Festival, which attracted more than 800,000 viewers. Oxana is her second feature film for cinema.
Year of Production: 2024
Time: 103’
Country: France
Language: Ukrainian. French. Original version with Spanish subtitles
Director: Charlène Favier
Cast: Albina Korzh, Maryna Koshkina, Lada Korovai, Oksana Zhdanova, Yoann Zimmer, Noée Abita
Production: Marc-Antoine Robert, Alice Girard, Jonathan Halperyn, Daniel Kresmery
Script: Charlène Favier, Diane Brasseur, Antoine Lacomblez
Director of Photography: Eric Dumont – AFC
Production Companies: Rectangle Productions, 2.4.7., Hero Squared, France 3 Cinéma, Tabor LTD
International Sales: Goodfellas
Selected at Lux Film Fest, Les Arcs Film Festival
Premiere in Spain
