30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: World Children´s Film Panorama

Jonja (2023) 12

Germany | 2023 | 87 min.

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.

CountryGermany
Year2023
Duration87 min
Rating12
LanguageGerman
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Anika Mätzke
Screenplay Anika Mätzke
Director of Photography Smina Bluth
Music Francesco Wilking, Patrick Reising
Edited by Susanne Heller
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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).

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