World Premiere Status: Available
Spanish with English subtitles
| 112 minutes
| DCP
About ELLA
When a woman trapped in an abusive marriage takes psilocybin with friends,
reality fractures. Repressed trauma erupts through surreal visions as she navigates
between psychological liberation and complete dissolution.
Jarabacoa. Monte Cristi. Santo Domingo.
Three locations. One fractured psyche.
Which reality will she choose?
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Director's Statement
"ELLA subverts the unreliable narrator tradition against
trauma recovery narratives themselves.
What if the breakthrough IS the breakdown?
Marie's journey suggests that sometimes demolishing the self
is the only path to reconstruction."
oceanlily
“Director of ELLA (2025)
- where colonial karma travels from 1500 to the present.”
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Title: ELLA Runtime: 112 minutes
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Sound: 5.1
Surround Format: DCP
Production Companies: oceanlily EIRL & Ella Trilogía SRL Country: Dominican Republic
Completion date: September 19, 2025
Festival & Awards
ELLA (2026) Currently Seeking World Premiere
Director's Previous Work:
GIRASOL (2017)
- Best Feature Film - Toronto Independent Film Awards
- Best Feature Film - New York Dominican Film Festival
- Nominated Best Opera Prima - Platino Awards
Contact
oceanlily (Dilia Pacheco Méndez)
Director | Writer | Producer
Representation: [Seeking]