DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Tack – by Vania Turner

The Olympian who pioneered Greece’s #MeToo movement inspires a younger athlete to break her own silence. In a milestone trial, Sofia stands with Amalia, who is seeking justice for the systematic abuse she endured at the hands of her coach, when she was a child.

Vania Turner

Vania Turner is an award-winning Greek-British documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. Over the past decade, her work has explored themes of trauma, loss, survival and conflict. As a video journalist, she covered humanitarian crises across the Middle East, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, before deciding to shift her focus to observational documentary work. She holds degrees in English Literature and Political Theory. Girlhood, a 30-minute deep-dive into the world of teenage girls in the 2020s, which she co-directed, won several awards and accolades, screening at some of the world’s most important film festivals for children, like the 38th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival and the 24th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People. Tack is her feature-length directorial debut.