Description
16-year-old Anna is plagued by nightmarish visions of a future destroyed by climate catastrophe and wars. She is convinced that the world is coming to an end and that there is nothing she can do about it. One day, she inexplicably wakes up in the year 2082, and her worst nightmares have come true.
Director Statement
How do we deal with hopeless situations? How do we escape powerlessness when everything seems hopeless? In the face of the current crises, can we allow ourselves to wait for the feeling of hope in order to take action? Or is hope perhaps something that we create ourselves? Something that arises when we imagine a better future despite all adversity and begin to actively create this new world ourselves?
Director
Jonathan B. Behr
Jonathan B. Behr is a disabled German film director.
Since 2016 he has been studying at the renowned Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. His short film "Follower" was screened at over 70 festivals around the world, including the Berlinale and the German Short Film Award.
He is currently working on an adaptation of Jostein Gaarder's novel "The World according to Anna". The short film deals with climate anxiety and is supported by various scientists and climate organizations.
In his work, Jonathan tries to combine socially critical topics with genre elements and entertainment.
