The Chapter of Ionela

The Chapter of Ionela

Christoph Lacmanski
Iana runs a women‘s shelter and helps girls like Ionela to escape from forced prostitution. This time by risking her own life...
Christoph Lacmanski is born 1984 in Kreuzburg, Poland. He graduated in 2006 from SAE Stuttgart. Shortly afterwards, he started his career as an cutter in a film production based in Munich. Years after he began to direct music videos, commercials and short films. He preferes to write and direct films with current and important subjects, that are critical of society as well. His last project „Me Name is“ was premiered at the 50th Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2016, one of the most important film festivals in germany. He first met the producer Saskia Hahn at Hofer Filmtage and shortly after they began to write the screenplay for „Ionela“ together.
  • Original title Ionela
  • Director Christoph Lacmanski
  • Duration 10
  • Production year 2017
  • Theme Women
  • Aspect 2:35:1
  • Format DCP
  • Category Short Film
  • Subcategory Fiction
  • Genre Drama
  • Nationality Germany
  • Producer Saskia Hahn Filmproduktion
  • Dialogue language German, Romanian
  • Subtitle language English, Romanian
  • Intérpretes Tara Fischer, Katherina Mai, Max Schweninger