INK WASH

Romania, Greece, Denmark, 2024

Runtime: 90’

Drama

Director: Sarra Tsorakidis

Screenplay: Sarra Tsorakidis, Ilinca Hărnuț

Cinematography: Radu Voinea

Cast: Ilinca Hărnuț, Kenneth M Christensen, Radouan Leflahi, Maria Popistașu, Ana Ularu

Synopsis: 

Seeking shelter in her work from the pain of a breakup, Lena, a painter turning 40, is commissioned to decorate a brutalist hotel nestled in the depths of the Romanian forest. There, where the Danube ends its course in seemingly miraculous springs, Lena’s moral views are confronted with an overwhelmingly corrupted community

Short bio

Sarra Tsorakidis was born in 1988 in Bucharest to a Romanian mother and a Greek father, both engineers. She graduated Film Directing in 2013 at the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest.

Since graduating, Sarra has directed two shorts that have been well received internationally: ”Ivy” (2018) tells the story of a young woman trapped inside a very toxic friendship that ends up destroying her love life and ”Kaimos” (2020), about a middle-aged woman who returns to her native country after many years of living abroad. ”Ink Wash” is her debut feature.

Festivals:

Toronto International Film Festival

San Francisco Film Festival

Adelaide Film Festival

Warsaw Film Festival

Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Mannheim/Heidelberg Festival