Thicker Than Water

Elena Weiss

Producer

Verena Grafe-Hoft

Lab Edition

2026

Production

Junafilm

Country

Germany, Spain

SYNOPSIS

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LOG LINE

Siblings Fiona and Lenn are inseparable. During their vacation, their mother tells them in detail that she was raped by their father. The trauma passed on to them simmers beneath the surface, until the sibling relationship threatens to break apart.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Eléna is a director and screenwriter. Her films Flick-A-Cig and Of kisses and Capes have been screened at over 50 festivals worldwide and won several awards. She was selected for the stART.up scholarship for young artists, for the ATELIER young talent programme by Filmfest Hamburg in cooperation with Cannes Critics’ Week and for Torino Series Lab 2025 with the series DECIBEL (writer/creator).
She studied acting in Stuttgart and Barcelona and worked as an actress in German theaters and film. In 2022, she completed her master's degree in film directing at Hamburg Media School.

PRODUCER

Verena Grafe-Hoft

JUNAFILM is one of the most highly awarded independent production companies in Germany. Our productions range from feature films and series to international co-productions and documentaries. With our first feature, Nothing Bad Can Happen Junafilm was presented in Cannes in 2013 (Un Certain Regard). Since then, JUNAFILM passionately develops films and series that represent unconventional, bold stories. Junafilm productions such as Nothing Bad Can Happen, Pelican Blood, Sleep, The Swan, Antboy II with renowned international stars such as Nina Hoss, Sanda Hüller, Nicolas Bro and Ingvar Sigurdsson have been honoured with more than 30 awards worldwide, were screened at national and international festivals such as Berlinale, Venice, Cannes and TIFF and have been sold to numerous territories worldwide.

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