Autodidact filmmaker Anna Eborn was born in 1983 on the island of Skaftö in Sweden. Since 2010, she has primarily preferred the documentary form, which led to further education and subsequent graduation at the Stockholm University of the Arts documentary program. In 2013, Pine Ridge, her first feature production premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Further films include Epifania, a hybrid film which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in 2016 and the feature-length documentary Lida, which premiered in competition at CPH:DOX 2017 and in the international competition at Visions du Réel 2017. Her new film Transnistra is celebrating its world premiere as part of the Big Screen Competition at the 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Anna Eborn follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Transnistria, a country where the shadow of the Soviet legacy still looms menacingly. A meticulous, sensual portrait of a desire for hope and a better future, in a world where every day is a new challenge.
Lida is 81 years old and lives in a dying Swedish settlement in Eastern Ukraine. While she and her little sister Maria were in a Soviet labor camp in Siberia in the 50s, Lida gave birth to her son Arvid. She has not seen Arvid since 1976, who now lives in St.Petersburg. Maria has, since their release from the camp, stayed in Siberia. The two sisters haven’t seen each other since. Lida and Maria...
Anna Eborn follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Transnistria, a country where the shadow of the Soviet legacy still looms menacingly. A meticulous, sensual portrait of a desire for hope and a better future, in a world where every day is a new challenge.
Lida is 81 years old and lives in a dying Swedish settlement in Eastern Ukraine. While she and her little sister Maria were in a Soviet labor camp in Siberia in the 50s, Lida gave birth to her son Arvid. She has not seen Arvid since 1976, who now lives in St.Petersburg. Maria has, since their release from the camp, stayed in Siberia. The two sisters haven’t seen each other since. Lida and Maria...