SONJA
by Kirsi Marie Liimatainen, Fiction, 127', 2007, 35mm, GERMANY
With Sabrina Kruschwitz, Julia Kaufmann

Julia and Sonja are two very close friends. They share their desires and their dreams. But what separates friendship from love? The director gets us involved in the meanderings of this question. The film plays with the truthfulness of feelings, incomprehension, and emotional teenager confusion.

KIRSI MARIE LIIMATAINEN
Kirsi Marie Liimatainen was born in Finland in 1968. She has a theatre and drama master at the Tampere University in the acting section. From 1991 to 1999, she worked as an actress in TV films and in theatre in Finland. Then, she studied directing at the Konrad Wolf Babelsberg Academy of Film and TV. In 2003 she was invited to participate in an in practice residence organized by the Festival de Cannes. Sonja is her graduation project and first feature film.