As we face climate change, young activists, steelworkers, and a geologist come together in a time-travelling space full of nightmares and aspirations.
Year of production 2023 Length 21' CountryGermany/Netherlands Shooting Format4K Aspect Ratio 2:1 Dialogue German, English Director Katarina Jazbec Producer Urbane Künste Ruhr, Katarina Jazbec Production Urbane Künste Ruhr, TENT Film Assistant Director Annabella Stieren CinematographerTom Otte Second camera Matija Pekić Camera Assistance Christopher Link Editors Jesse Immanuel Bom, Katarina Jazbec Sound Design and Music Driftwood Audio - Giliam Spliethoff & Jorick Bronius Production Sound Mixer and Field recordist Andrés García Vidal Sound Mix Thijs Muijs, Antal van Nie Colorist Matic Prusnik Title Design Anja Slibar Poster Artwork Anja Slibar Supported by Urbane Künste Ruhr, Mondriaan Fonds, TENT Film Cast Antje Selter, Michael Palka, Kenan Ramadani, Murat Sanli, Ali Pişman, Patrick Schuster, Aylin Kübra Kılıç, Luca Röhrig, Ensar Ahishali, Sara Naiem Suliman Ahmed, Kim Pawlinski
Director's Statement Discussions around climate change can be quite narrow, specific, or black and white. My intention was to bring more nuance, poetics, and imagination to the table by inviting onboard people of different backgrounds. Since the film was shot in the Ruhr region in Germany which has a very strong coal mining history, all the protagonists, even the young climate activists, have a deep personal connection to the topic. The ritual of dream-sharing is at the core of the narrative structure of the film. Having been inspired by psychiatric research into premonitions and embracing the social aspects of nocturnal dreaming, I decided to explore with the film how it could help us understand what is ahead of us. At the end of the day, it might be the shivers of our nightmares that will wake us up.
