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Section: World Children´s Film Panorama
Jonja (2023)
Without telling her mother, 13-year-old Jonja goes on holiday with the family of her best friend Paul. The days at the lake are exciting and beautiful. Jonja falls in love with a girl and her friendship with Paul becomes even more intense. She enjoys the time away from her family life until the lie is finally exposed and Paul questions their friendship.
| Country | Germany |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Duration | 87 min |
| Rating | 12 |
| Language | German |
| Subtitle | Czech, English |
| Directed by | Anika Mätzke |
| Screenplay | Anika Mätzke |
| Director of Photography | Smina Bluth |
| Music | Francesco Wilking, Patrick Reising |
| Edited by | Susanne Heller |
| Contact | kurhaus production |
Biography
German screenwriter and director. She studied media art and design at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. She made the short films Socialup (2018) and Prisma (2020). Her feature debut is the family drama Jonja (2022).