Harstad Kino, screen 2
Truls Krane Meby (b. 1986) is a Lofoten- and Berlin-based, award-winning and self-taught filmmaker from Lofoten, who works as a director, editor and screenwriter. He is an alumni of Berlinale Talents and his short films have played at major festivals around the world, and Katja Drømmer Om Å Våkne is his feature film debut. Truls comes to Harstad and presents the film at AMIFF.
The film started as a short film, and was made completely outside of NFI's support systems and deals with hot topics such as global warming, fear of the future, and guilt for not doing enough. Katja is played by the young German shooting star Leonie Rainer and the film is produced by Andrew Grant and Mattima Films.
SYNOPSIS
Katja (27) lives in Berlin and dreams every night about her own death, and her waking state is a constant stream of work, digital distractions, paranoia about the future, and a fear about whether she is an ethical enough person. Her inner life moves at a speed that seems unsustainable. While on holiday in Northern Norway, she has an extreme encounter with raw nature and gains a new perspective on herself – she returns to Berlin with intentions to change her life and become a more ethical person. But the demon inside her is hard to shake off.
Age limit: 15 years
“Will very possibly stand as one of the year's best Norwegian feature films," says critic Aleksander Huser in Rushprint.
"Katja's catastrophic thinking is depicted in an original, almost captivating style," says critic Jon Inge Faldalen and also recommends it in Rushprint.
Editing editor Karsten Meinich tweets: "anyone interested in a brilliant and uncompromising character study, fueled by visual energy — Safdie style — and layered with themes echoing modern sensibilities wrapped in a cloud of Norwegian ennui… THIS"
Johanne Svendsen Rognlien writes for Oslo Pix: "In Truls Krane Meby's unique feature film debut, Leonie Rainer really shines in the role of Katja. In her interpretation, we really understand the character's search for change, but also notice how difficult such a metamorphosis can be to set into life."
