Ella vs Occupied
Occupied is the shorter watch at 48m compared with 1h 26m. Ella is the older of the two (2016 against 2022). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ella
Occupied| Ella | Occupied | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 0.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 26m | 48m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Douglas Watkin | Albina Kovalyova |
| Main cast | Ella Havelka | Dzhafer Umerov, Dmytro Bahnenko, Lidia Biletska |
Synopsis
Ella
Ella Havelka made history in 2013 by becoming the first Indigenous dancer at the 50-year-old Australian Ballet. In this engaging, MIFF Premiere Fund-supported world premiere, Ella – a descendant of the Wiradjuri people – charts her inspiring journey from growing up in modest circumstances as the only child of a single mother in rural Australia to gaining entry to National Ballet School, then spending formative years with the acclaimed Bangarra…
Occupied
Dmytro Bahnenko, a journalist in Kherson, southern Ukraine, spent three months secretly recording his city's resistance to the Russian occupation.