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On July 22 2011 more than 500 youths at a political summer camp on an island outside Oslo were attacked by an armed, right-wing extremist. Earlier that day he bombed a Government building in Oslo before making his way to Utøya island. In this first fictional movie about the attack we get to know Kaja (18) and her friends. The movie starts when the youngsters, shocked by the bombing in Oslo, are reassuring their relatives that they are far away from the incident. Suddenly, the safe atmosphere is shattered when shots are heard. We then follow Kaja as she tries to survive – minute by minute.  

Context: The feature drama U - July 22 is about a day we can never forget, but can hardly understand at all. We are aware of a lot of facts from the AUF summer camp on July 22 2011 through the trial, books and the media. But most of us know little about the unimaginable panic and confusion that occurred, the impossible choices that so many were exposed to, and the great fear and grief that all those affected must live with for the rest of their lives.    

U - July 22 is written from testimonies and known facts, and created in close dialogue with several survivors. But out of respect for the victims and their relatives, characters and individual experiences are fictitious.   

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2018
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2018-03-09
Release date (international):
2018-02-19
Production company:
Paradox Film 7 AS
Producer:
Finn Gjerdrum
Stein B. Kvae
Line producer:
Roy Anderson
Sales agent:
TrustNordisk ApS

Director

  • Erik Poppe

    Erik Poppe (born 24 June 1960) is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter and former cinematographer. 

    Poppe started his career as a photographer for the newspaper Verdens Gang (Norway) and Reuters, covering domestic news as well as international conflicts all over the world.
He was awarded by the Norwegian press association and World Press Photo. 

    He graduated as a cinematographer at the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden in 1991 and have conducted several artistic and directorial research programs between 2001 and 2010. 

    Since 2011 he has been a research fellow as a part of the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme and a Associated Professor at HIL, Lillehammer University College/The Norwegian Film School. 

    He worked as Director of Photography on several features, as well as EGGS by Bent Hamer .
Erik Poppe was awarded with the Kodak Award at the Moscow IFF (1994) and won the Cinematographer of the year award in Norway in 1995. The same year as he announced his end of work as Director of Photography. 

    Erik Poppes directorial commercial works has awarded him with several Clios, Lion in Cannes, EPICA, EuroBest and several national awards. 

    Troubled Water from 2008 (aka deUSYNLIGE) is the third part of his multi-awarded Oslo Trilogy, after his directorial debut with Schpaaa (aka Bunch Of Five) in 1998 and Hawaii, Oslo in 2004. 

    His trilogy has participated in key festivals, and received prizes such as the Berlinale - Panorama, The Vesuvio Prize at Napoli International Film Festival, Norwegian entry for Best Foreign Language Film, Festroia in Portugal for Best Directing, Silver Dolphin in Festroia, Nordic Ministerie Councils Award for The Best Nordic Feature, ecumenical awards and several other prizes. 

    Troubled Water made history at the Hamptons International Film Festival (New York) in 2008 by being the first feature ever to win both the festival's Golden Starfish for Best Narrative Feature and the Audience Award. 

    A Thousand Times Good Night (aka Tusen Ganger God Natt) is his first English- language film. It opened in Norway in October 2013 and had it's international release during 2014.
The film is partly an autobiographical story, based on Poppe experiences as a war photographer and the conflict between your passion for your work and your family back home.
Poppe switched the lead roles around so that it is Juliette Binoche who is his proxy, and Kingslayer Nikolaj Coster-Waldau playing the character based on Poppe's wife. 

    A standing ovation greeted Montreal's world premiere of the film, which went on to earn the jury's Special Grand Prix. 

    Erik Poppe received the Norwegian Film Critics' Award for both Hawaii, Oslo in 2005, Troubled Water in 2009 and for A Thousand Times Good Nigh in 2014 - as they all were voted as last year's Best Feature. He is the only one to have received the price three times. 

    Poppe is probably the only director in Norway who have showed the ability to hit both the critics as well as the audience, taking high admissions in domestic release. 

    His Oslo Trilogy as well as A Thousand Times Good Night has been sold to over fifty territories worldwide. 

    Poppe was also the key director for "Brigaden" (The Brigade) in 2002. A 26 episodes TV-drama for NRK (The Norwegian Broadcating Corp.). Brigaden received the Norwegian "Amanda" Price for the Best TV-drama in 2003. 

    Poppe is among Scandinavia's most experienced and compelling directors. He makes impeccably well crafted multi-pronged narratives built around strong ensemble casts, sharp writing, impressive camera work and an uncanny knack for rhythm and music in the editing. 


    Erik Poppe

Cast

Andrea Berntzen
Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne
Jenny Svennevig
Aleksander Holmen
Ingeborg Enes
Sorosh Sadat
Brede Fristad
Ada Eide

Awards

2018:
Berlin International Film Festival
Special Mention from Ecumenical Jury
2018:
International Filmfest Emden-Norderney
SCORE Bernhard Wicki Award in bronze

Festivals

2018:
Berlin International Film Festival
2018:
Transilvania International Film Festival
2018:
International Filmfest Emden-Norderney
2018:
International Film Festival Cinematik Piestany
2018:
El Gouna Film Festival
2018:
Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
2018:
Milano Film Festival
2018:
BFI London Film Festival
2018:
Onetake Film Festival
2018:
Valladolid International Film Festival SEMINCI
2018:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2018:
Piccolo Grande Cinema
2018:
LIFFe - Ljubljana International Film Festival
2018:
Goa International Film Festival
2019:
Scandinavia House, New York
2019:
Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival
2019:
Cineramabc Festival

Crew

Director:
Erik Poppe
Screenplay:
Siv Rajendram Eliassen
Anna Bache-Wiig
Cinematographer:
Martin Otterbeck
Editor:
Einar Egeland
ProductionDesigner:
Harald Egede-Nissen
Prop Master:
Ida Bjerch-Andresen
Costume Designer:
Rikke Simonsen
Makeup artist:
Elizabeth Bukkehave
Sound Design:
Gisle Tveito
Sound Recording:
Hans Olav Strand
First assistant director:
Peter Kimay
Script:
Simen Olafson Sande
Casting:
Folk og Film

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Length in min's:
90'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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