Elena Avdija
Director, Screenwriter
Born in 1987. Elena Avdija has a degree in Sociology from the EHESS (The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) in Paris. She worked for several years as assistant director in documentaries, notably for Point du Jour in Paris where she developed screenplays for historical documentary series for ARTE. She also directed two self-produced short documentaries. On her return to Switzerland,
she began working as assistant director on fiction films. STUNTWOMEN
(2022) won a Golden Eye at Zurich Film Festival.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2022
- Cascadeuses by Elena Avdija
- 2017
- Option: Théâtre! by Elena Avdija
- 2013
- D'ici ou de là-bas? by Elena Avdija
Screenwriter
- 2022
- Cascadeuses by Elena Avdija