Event

Bobbi Jene

Synopsis: After a decade of stardom in Israel, American dancer Bobbi Jene decides to leave behind her prominent position at the world-famous Batsheva Dance Company, as well as the
love of her life, to return to the U.S. to create her own boundary breaking art. Tracking
the personal and professional challenges that await her, Elvira Linds film lovingly and
intimately documents the dilemmas and inevitable consequences of ambition. BOBBI
JENE delves into what it takes for a woman to gain her own independence in the
extremely competitive world of dance and to find self-fulfillment in the process.

Director: Born in 1981 in Copenhagen, Elvira Lind graduated from City Varsity - School of Media and Creative Arts in Cape Town in 2006 majoring in documentary film. She has worked
within that field since directing and shooting documentaries of various lengths for TV,
cinema, and web on four different continents. Elvira now lives and works out of New
York, where she also writes on various fiction projects.
Elvira's first feature documentary Songs for Alexis competed at IDFA in 2014 and
screened at a long list of international festivals; she received CPH:DOX new talent award
in 2015; and her first international documentary TV series "Twiz and Tuck" launched on
Viceland this year. BOBBI JENE is Elvira's second feature documentary, which premiered at Tribeca 2017.