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Two years have gone by since Sofia lost her boyfriend at the Utøya-massacre, which she herself survived. She is struggling to engage with life; not knowing how to reignite her passion for dance, interact with her friends or have a life not defined by this incident. One day, she meets Leo, a Brit in town for a dance audition. Over the course of this one day with a stranger who knows nothing of her trauma, she allows herself to start the discovery of who she might become. 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2018
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2018-03-16
Production company:
FilmBros Productions AS
Co production company:
Helmet AS
Producer:
Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl
Co producer:
Jørgen Hunstad
Line Klungseth Johansen
Film consultant:
Kari Moen Kristiansen
Terje Nilsen

Director

  • Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken

    Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (b. 1989) grew up in Hamar, and has studied media science in Norway and the UK. He is a self-taught filmmaker and trained cinema projectionist. Dahlsbakken has made several short films using 8mm, S16mm, 35mm and 65mm film techniques, and cultivates the analog idiom in the creative process. His greatest success thus far has been the short film The Devil’s Ballroom (2012), which won awards at multiple festivals around the world. Dahlsbakken's first feature film, Returning Home (Å vende tilbake), premiered in 2015 at the Rome Film Fest and was shortlisted as the Norwegian Oscar candidate for best foreign language film. Dahlsbakken continues to develop his own personal film projects, shorts as well as feature films.

    Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken

Cast

Sofia:
Ida Ursin-Holm
Leo:
Louis Mcmiller
Eirik:
Jonas Øren
Annika:
Isabel Beth Toming

Festivals

2018:
Hamarama
2018:
Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
2018:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2019:
Newport Beach Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Screenplay:
Kamilla Krogsveen
Cinematographer:
Oskar Dahlsbakken
Editor:
Trude Lirhus
ProductionDesigner:
Marie Steen Löwendahl
Set Decorator:
Karianne Barstad
Costume Designer:
Miriam Lien
Sound Design:
John Cohen
Sound Recording:
Geir Døhlie Gjerdsjø
First assistant director:
Anders Reime
Script:
Line Klungseth Johansen

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:1,85
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
12'
Language:
Norwegian
English
Subtitles:
English

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