RECONSTRUCTING UTØYA

A feature documentary where four survivors from the Utøya terrorist attack in 2011 reconstruct their memories in a black box studio together with twelve young participants in order to share and remember their experiences.

How do we talk about the unspeakable?

Six years after the attack Rakel, Mohammed, Jenny and Torje, all survivors of Utøya, gather in northern Norway to remember and to reconstruct what happened . To their help they have a group of twelve participating young adults. The aim is to reconstruct and to remember how they managed to survive at Utøya during that massacre.  With the help of the participants and white tape markings that depict the different locations relevant for each survivor, the 10,000 square feet black box studio becomes a memory room for the event at the island.

When they start all the memories comes back. 

  • In-house producer: Christer Engström
  • Grading: Fateh Shams
  • DCP: Christer Engström
  • Director: Carl Javér
  • Script: Carl Javér and Fredrik Lange
  • Creative Producer: Fredrik Lange
  • Cinematographer: Henrik Ipsen, DFF
  • Production Company: Vilda Bomben Film

 

2018 Vilda Bomben Film Feature Film, Documentary Film www.vildabomben.com/reconstructing-utoya/