International documentary film festival
April 14 - 21, 2024
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

International documentary film festival
April 14 - 21, 2024
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

Echo of You (Ekko af Kærlighed)

Zara Zerny

Echo of You

Through candid, revealing interviews, Echo of You presents a group of Danish men and women, all aged 80+. With poignant openness and honesty, they share their thoughts on their lost loves who, one way or another, are no longer with them. They discuss the heartbreak of losing a life partner, and the ways in which life goes on. Filmmaker Zara Zerny, tenderly brings their individual voices together like a choir, interweaving them with abstract, dreamy images, music and artistic interpretations of their inner lives. Together, they form a collection of diverse perspectives on love, life, loneliness and death, merging into a unique body of testimony. A sensuous, life-affirming portrait of a generation slowly saying goodbye.

Denmark 2023, '76

DIRECTOR: Zara Zerny

CAMERA: Jacob Sofussen

MONTAGE: Sofie Steenberger

MUSIC: Viktor Dahl

PRODUCERS: Maria Møller Kjeldgaard

PRODUCTION: Manna Film

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

IDFA (2023)
Luminous Frames (2023)
 

Zara Zerny

Zara Zerny

Zara Zerny was born in Ontario, Canada and moved to Denmark when she was eight years old. She graduated as a director from the independent film school Super16 in Copenhagen, where she directed three films, all of them combining documentary and fiction. Zara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the Rietveld School of Art & Design in Amsterdam, where she graduated in 2011. Simultaneously with her own productions she has directed commercials and made treatments for other directors. In addition, she assisted Danish film artist Jesper Just in New York in 2012 and worked with Dutch fashion designer Anne de Grijff on fashion film productions. Zara’s films have screened at several filmfestivals such as IFFR, Nordisk Panorama, Slamdance, Odense International Film Festival, IndieCork (Award for Best International Short Film), Moscow International Film Festival, Portiers Film Festival, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Drama International Short Film Festival (Award - special mention, Best Documentary), and the international fashion film festival ASVOFF.

Filmogrphy:
2023, Echo of You, documentary feature
2016, Aqua Mamas, short fiction
2015, Goodnight Birdy, short fiction
2014, Shoot for the Moon, short documentary
2013, Cavern, short fiction

 

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