EDEN HOUSE

drama / Poland / 2021 / 29 min 10 s 

“Eden House” is based on the true story of a teenager named Luka who landed in a religious drug-rehab center run by Antoni, a self-proclaimed priest. Living under his tyrannical regime of emotional and physical torture, Luka figures out that the only way he can survive is to escape.

director: Adelina Borets
screenwriters: Adelina Borets, Bogdan Borysenko
cast: Vlad Romaniuk
cinematography: Bogdan Borysenko
editing: Filip Wojciechowski, Ivan Krupenikov
music: Misha Biaskov
language: Ukrainian, Russian
subtitles: Polish
film’s age rate: 16+

Adelina Borets
Director and producer born in Mariupol, in eastern Ukraine. Her documentary debut, “The Wormwood star” (2018), won First Prize and the Audience Award at the 15th EKOFILM International Environmental Film Festival (Poland) and First Prize at the Golden Frames – International Short Film Festival (Ukraine). It also screened at film festivals including the Warsaw Film Festival’s “Best Polish Films of 2018,” the “Youth and Film” Koszalin Festival of Film Debuts, and the New Orleans Film Festival. Borets is the founder and director of STROOM, an organization producing films, music videos, exhibitions, as well as live performances—on topics spanning from the environment to violence and corruption. She is a 2020 graduate in Directing of the Warsaw Film School.

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