DREAMING ARIZONA

Director:  Jon bang carlsen

In the Arizona desert, along Route 66, we find an all-American small town: Winslow. At the town’s high school, we meet five teenagers, each with their own dream of the future. Like all teenagers around the world, they are in a transition where they have to shape their own lives, find a way out of childhood and create a new identity as adults. Their desire for freedom is strong, and there are consequences when parents, society or their own conscience restrict it. Film director Jon Bang Carlsen examines the teenagers’ basic need to stage their own lives as the documentary imperceptibly seeps into fiction. Together with the main characters the director creates imaginary life paths and thereby our teenagers comment on their own situation, the audiences’ anticipations and the director's vision.

PRODUCTION FACTS

Runtime: 76’
Country of Origin: Denmark, Estonia, Norway
Language of Dialogue: English
Release: 13 November 2022

CREDITS

Directed by: Jon Bang Carlsen
Director of Photography: Erik Põllumaa
Editors: Francesc Sitges-Sardà and Nicolas Nørgaard Staffolani
Sound Design: Håkon Lammetun
Composer: Sten Sheripov

Produced by Heidi Elise Christensen and Signe Byrge Sørensen
Co-produced by Ivo Felt / Allfilm and Tore Buvarp / Fenris Film