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2024

Ink Wash

Australian Premiere.

The debut feature from director Sarra Tsorakidis follows artist Lena (Ilinca Hărnuț) as she recovers from a difficult break up. Commissioned to paint murals during the refurbishment of a luxury brutalist hotel in a Romanian forest, she discovers that the only way out of the woods is by going through them.

Director

Sarra Tsorakidis

Runtime

90 Minutes

Country

Romania, Greece, Denmark

Classification

Unclassified 15+

Following a breakup, artist Lena is commissioned to decorate a hotel in the forest and finds her way through personal darkness.

The first feature film from director Sarra Tsorakidis is a mesmerising debut which follows artist Lena (Ilinca Hărnuț) as she recovers from a difficult break up. Trying to rediscover her sense of self and artistic voice, she accepts a commission to paint murals during the refurbishment of a luxury brutalist hotel in the Romanian woods.

Taking refuge in her work, Lena is surrounded by forests and nature. Initially fearing her feelings, and what’s to come, she leans in and begins to see a new approach to being in this world where — regardless of what is said — no one truly knows what they’re doing. But a dark night of the soul, like everything else in life, can be received as a gift. Plus, if your eyes are open, there are new adventures and people to discover around every bend.

"Sarra Tsorakidis has tapped into the zeitgeist with her devastating debut...Ink Wash feels like a hybrid of early Romanian New Wave with a fresh vision of what contemporary cinema from the country can be."

The Film Verdict

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Film Credits

Director

Sarra Tsorakidis

Year

2024

Country

RomaniaGreece & Denmark

Language

RomanianEnglishGerman & Danish

Subtitles

English

Type

Feature & Fiction

Program Strand

Feature Fiction Competition & World Cinema

Producer

Anca Puiu

Writer

Ilinca Hărnut & Sarra Tsorakidis

Cinematographer

Radu Voinea

Editor

Smaro Papaevagelou

Cast

Ilinca HărnutKenneth M. Christensen & Radouan Leflahi

Film Source

Shellac

Genre

ArtDrama & Women

Purchase Tickets

Saturday 26 Oct 2024

05:30 pm

Ink Wash

Palace Nova Eastend:

Palace Nova Eastend Eximax

Sunday 3 Nov 2024

11:00 am

Ink Wash

The Piccadilly:

The Piccadilly: Cinema 1

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