Elena has a BA in screenwriting and a MA in film production at UNATC, Bucharest. She has been part of the East-West Talent Lab 2022 in Wiesbaden, EDP – East Doc Series – 2022 with the documentary series Imaginary Youth and Ex Oriente Film – 2022 with the documentary project Chasing Stumps. She is the executive producer of the short films Kaimos by Sarra Tsorakidis (winner of TIFF Cluj 2020), Laila by Raya al Souliman (official TIFF Cluj 2020 selection). Since 2019, she has been working at Manifest Film, being part of the projects such as the EFA awards nominee Acasă, My home, which premiered in Sundance Film Festival and Timebox, acquired by HBO. She is developing and producing features, series and shorts, documentaries as well as fiction, by established and emerging directors.