Lea Glob

Movies

Apolonia, Apolonia
Director of Photography
When Danish filmmaker Lea Glob first portrayed Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a storybook life. The talented Apolonia was born in an underground theater in Paris and grew up in an artists’ community—the ultimate bohemian existence. In her 20s, she studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, one of the most prestigious art academies in Europe. Over the years, Lea Glob kept returning to film the charismatic Apolonia and a special bond developed between the two young women.
Apolonia, Apolonia
Director
When Danish filmmaker Lea Glob first portrayed Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a storybook life. The talented Apolonia was born in an underground theater in Paris and grew up in an artists’ community—the ultimate bohemian existence. In her 20s, she studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, one of the most prestigious art academies in Europe. Over the years, Lea Glob kept returning to film the charismatic Apolonia and a special bond developed between the two young women.
Love Child
Director of Photography
A poignant portrait of a family of asylum seekers desperate to start a new life, but stalled in bureaucratic limbo.
Love Child
Co-Director
A poignant portrait of a family of asylum seekers desperate to start a new life, but stalled in bureaucratic limbo.
Venus
Cinematography
During casting sessions, young women from Copenhagen talk candidly about their sexual experiences. Initially, the two female directors wanted to make a film as a way of better understanding their own sexual desires and frustrations. In response to a casting call, more than a hundred ordinary young women turned up and talked straight into the camera about their erotic fantasies. As shooting progressed, the filmmakers realized that these intimate casting sessions should in fact be the final film.
Venus
Director
During casting sessions, young women from Copenhagen talk candidly about their sexual experiences. Initially, the two female directors wanted to make a film as a way of better understanding their own sexual desires and frustrations. In response to a casting call, more than a hundred ordinary young women turned up and talked straight into the camera about their erotic fantasies. As shooting progressed, the filmmakers realized that these intimate casting sessions should in fact be the final film.
Olmo and the Seagull
Writer
'Olmo and the Seagull' is a poetic and existential dive into an actress's mind during the nine months of her pregnancy as she must confront her most fiery inner demons while trying to rewrite a new philosophy of life, identity and love. Underlying this hybrid film is mounting tension over what is real and what is enacted when one is performing one's own life.
Olmo and the Seagull
Director
'Olmo and the Seagull' is a poetic and existential dive into an actress's mind during the nine months of her pregnancy as she must confront her most fiery inner demons while trying to rewrite a new philosophy of life, identity and love. Underlying this hybrid film is mounting tension over what is real and what is enacted when one is performing one's own life.
Wild Girls
Director of Photography
They do what suits them, have a lot of temper and attitude, and often get up and down. In an instance of failure, abuse and violence, only the girlfriends are usually leaning up. The raw life on the edge of the law, the lack of schooling and the eternal confrontations with the surroundings makes it difficult for the wild girls to imagine otherwise.
Meeting My Father Kasper Tophat
Director
Lea never met her father. One day, she was told by the police that he had committed suicide after 14 years in prison. This is a story about a father, a bank robber and a magician and about how his daughter got to know him backwards.