Based on the novel “The World According to Anna” by best-selling author Jostein Gaarder
THE FILM
16-year-old Anna is plagued by nightmarish visions of a future destroyed by climate catastrophes and wars. She is convinced that the world is coming to an end and that there is nothing she can do to stop it. One day, she inexplicably wakes up in the year 2082 – and her worst nightmares have come true.
Duration: 40 min – adventure, time travel, climate fiction – languages: English or German – subtitles: English, German, Norwegian
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THE TEAM
Jonathan B. Behr
DIRECTOR
Jonathan B. Behr is a disabled director from Berlin. In his work, he combines genres such as thriller and horror with socially critical themes and entertainment. After his master’s thesis on primal fears in horror films, he studied directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg from 2016 and at UCLA as a scholarship holder of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung. His short film Follower won an award at the Berlinale, screened at over 70 festivals and was nominated for the German Short Film Award.
Maj Weidlich
SCREENWRITER
Maj Weidlich studied screenwriting at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. During her studies, she worked on several short films, directed a music video for which she wrote the song and published short stories and poems in several anthologies. Her graduate screenplay Heartless has already been shortlisted for the up&coming screenplay prize. She is currently developing several fictional stories and is a part-time musical theatre performer at Berlin Stage Company.
Simon M. Schulz
SCREENWRITER
Simon M. Schulz was born on August 17, 1989 in Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Thuringia. He studied theater and media studies at the University of Nuremberg-Erlangen and screenwriting at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, where he worked as a screenwriter for the horror film Follower and the thriller Rosewood, as well as a producer for the series pilot Digital Investigations.
Christina Honig
PRODUCER
Christina Honig is a graduate of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and works as a producer and climate activist in Leipzig. In her films, she combines climate communication with questions about our future. Together with Raúl Semmler, she also develops films under the name Die Klimaschreiber. Christina is a Green Consultant and a graduate of the Documentary Campus Masterschool and the IDF Academy. In 2024 she was in Cornelia Funke’s artist residency to further develop her debut.
Merle Lola Millingen
PRODUCER
Merle Lola Millingen studied International Producing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Prior to her studies, she completed a three-year apprenticeship in marketing communications, where she focused on advertising and copyright in film, radio and television. She currently works as a freelance international producer on fictional and documentary film productions and as a coach.
Philip Müller
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Philip Müller studied Media Technology at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences until 2016. During this time, he gained his first experience in the film industry as a freelance assistant, cameraman and gaffer in Saxony and Berlin. From 2016 to 2018, he worked at jangled nerves GmbH in Stuttgart as a cinematographer and gaffer. Since 2019 he has been working as a freelance cinematographer for film and advertising.
SCREENING
We want to get at least 10,000 viewers into action against the climate crisis.
As part of our education campaign, we are presenting the film in cinemas, schools and other organizations.
And maybe soon at yours too!
OUR PARTNERS
GET IN TOUCH
ANNA – A Tale for Tomorrow is produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg gGmbH in co-production with Black Mary Films GmbH (Maria Kempken), Joachim Weiler and Tales for Tomorrow (Christina Honig).
Contact for general requests
Christina Honig (she/her)
christina@tales-for-tomorrow.de
Contact for screening requests
Felix Bausch (he/him)
anna@tales-for-tomorrow.de
Contact for Instagram
Merle Lola Millingen (she/her)
+49 177 2158074
merlelola@aol.com
