Echo of You
TITLE
Echo of You
DIRECTOR
Zara Zerny
COUNTRY
Denmark
YEAR
2023
DURATION
76′
GENRE
Documentary feature
Overview

Echo of You
When 86-year-old Rene buys flowers, he always thinks about what color his wife would have chosen if she were alive. Like most people in this film, he spent more time with this partner than without. Through candid, revealing interviews, Echo of You presents a group of Danish men and women, all aged 80+. With poignant openness and honesty, they share their thoughts on their life partnerships; lost loves who, one way or another, are no longer with them. They discuss the heartbreak of losing a life partner, and the ways in which life goes on. Filmmaker Zara Zerny, tenderly brings their individual voices together like a choir, interweaving them with abstract, dreamy images, music and artistic interpretations of their inner lives. Together, they form a collection of diverse perspectives on love, life, loneliness and death, merging into a unique body of testimony. A sensuous, life-affirming portrait of a generation slowly saying goodbye.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Zara Zerny
Zara Zerny was born in Ontario, Canada and moved to Denmark when she was eight years old. She graduated as a director from the independent film school Super16 in Copenhagen, where she directed three films, all of them combining documentary and fiction. Zara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the Rietveld School of Art & Design in Amsterdam, where she graduated in 2011. Simultaneously with her own productions she has directed commercials and made treatments for other directors. In addition, she assisted Danish film artist Jesper Just in New York in 2012 and worked with Dutch fashion designer Anne de Grijff on fashion film productions. Zara’s films have screened at several film festivals such as IFFR, Nordisk Panorama, Slamdance, Odense International Film Festival, IndieCork (Award for Best International Short Film), Moscow International Film Festival, Portiers Film Festival, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Drama International Short Film Festival (Award - special mention, Best Documentary), and the international fashion film festival ASVOFF.
Credits
- DirectorZara Zerny
- ScreenplayZara Zerny
- CinematographyJacob Sophussen
- Cast
- Editing Sofie Steenberger
- Producer/s Maria Møller Kjeldgaard
- Production CompanyMANNA FILM
- Distributor/sSyndicado Sales Agent Canada All Rights
- Project TitleEcho of You
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date 1 January 2023
- Country of originDenmark
- Country of filmingDenmark
- LanguageDanish
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student ProjectNo

Zara Zerny
Zara Zerny was born in Ontario, Canada and moved to Denmark when she was eight years old. She graduated as a director from the independent film school Super16 in Copenhagen, where she directed three films, all of them combining documentary and fiction. Zara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the Rietveld School of Art & Design in Amsterdam, where she graduated in 2011. Simultaneously with her own productions she has directed commercials and made treatments for other directors. In addition, she assisted Danish film artist Jesper Just in New York in 2012 and worked with Dutch fashion designer Anne de Grijff on fashion film productions. Zara’s films have screened at several film festivals such as IFFR, Nordisk Panorama, Slamdance, Odense International Film Festival, IndieCork (Award for Best International Short Film), Moscow International Film Festival, Portiers Film Festival, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Drama International Short Film Festival (Award - special mention, Best Documentary), and the international fashion film festival ASVOFF.