ELITE

The story:
Fifteen-year-old elite gymnast Dagmar dreams of making the national team. However, during a crucial training camp, her confidence is shattered when she suddenly hesitates mid-air during a vault attempt, leading to a harsh fall. But it’s not the physical impact that lingers - it’s the mental block that follows, leaving her questioning everything she once knew about herself. Without her gymnastics identity, who is she?

Cast

Dagmar Ella Fossdal Cai
Helle Camilla Gottlieb
Nora Naya Uweis Pyskow
JP Sebastian Alstrup
Laura Sofie Rude Foss
Jensen Leia Lang-Kettner
Allan Peter Khouri
Dagmar stunt double Nuka Fornitz Krogh

CREW

Director – Lovísa Dröfn
Writer – Maria Lundedal
Executive Producer – Gabriela Uweis
Producers – Maria Lundedal, Caroline Mikkelsen Pohl, Ida Guld
Line Producer & Production Manager – Ida Lidsmoes
1st AD – Julius Grut
Production Coordinators – Signe Fonnesbæk Dinesen, Josefine Knarberg
Extras Coordinator – Fiona Tierlynck
Director of Photography – Valentin Christensen
1st AC – Erik Hertel
2nd AC – August Block, Maria Rixen
Camera B – Leonardo Bosetti, Kristian Heltoft, Zon van der Worm
DIT – Isac Barslev
Gaffer – Pol Cobas
Best Boys – Simon Bertelsen, Veronica Almen Keyver, Sophus Petersen, Philip Dragsted
Sound Engineers – Jakob Klentz, Philip Dragsted
Still Photography – Sophus Petersen, Philip Dragsted
Production Designer – Naomi Jo-Ash Collins
Set Designers – Rasmus Palskov, Sylvía Lind, Karlijn Laurent
Costume Designer – Nina Helbak
Costume – Rebecca Tolberg
Costume Assistants – Josefine Knarberg, Fiona Tierlynck
Key Makeup Artist – Sofie Bau
Makeup Artist – Eugene Oh
Stunt Supervisors – Frederik Skaksen, Didier Oppenhagen
Nurse on Set – Sofie Holm Fife
Runners – Ida Marie Frank, Lauritz Krogh Haahr Fornitz, Christian Victor Sørensen
Editors – Mathis Eskjær & Preston Drake-Hillyard
Sound Design – Sebastian Vaskio
Composer – Anna Rosenkilde
Color Grade – Christian Schwanenflügel
VFX Supervisor – Oliver Jacoby
Graphic Designer – Gabriela Uweis

Young women in matching blue and silver performance costumes stand shoulder to shoulder indoors in the short film elite

Smiling girl sitting on a bed beside a brown dog in a cozy bedroom in the short film elite

Figure skater in a black-and-blue costume gliding across the ice rink with motion-blurred spectators in the background in the short film elite