Olga Delane

Final destination Krasnokamensk. A visit home.

Credits: 2013, Documentary, 86min.Director: Olga Delane, Marianne KapferProduction: Marianne KapferSupportet by: DEFA (German Film Academy) Olga´s Siberian hometown Krasnokamensk has Russia’s largest uranium mine. After 16 years of living abroad Olga is coming home to question the worldpress’ verdict on the town: ‘contaminated, condemned, abandoned.’ Olga has to face the contradiction between her childhood recollections […]

Siberian love

Credits: 2016, Documentary, 82min.Director: Olga DelaneProduction: doppelplusultra, arte, al jazeera. What does a woman need to be happy and fulfilled? After 20 years of living in Berlin, the director Olga Delane goes back to her roots in a small Siberian village, where she is confronted with traditional views of relationships, life and love. The man […]

Dorotschka

Credits: 2019, short documentary, 27min.Director: Olga DelaneProduction: Olga Delane, doppelplusultranomination for german short film award 2019 In the Siberian countryside, marriage is traditionally seen as the greatest achievable happiness for a woman. But the 90-year-old Dorotchka, an archetypal babushka, has always remained alone. At the kitchen table, she contemplates life, love, regret and loneliness—has she […]