The children transform into adults before our eyes. Yet they remain in limbo, haunted by memories, and dreaming of a better future. Combining raw realism and staged performance, Afterwar is a meditation on the long-term repercussions of war - a cinematic testament created over a period of 15 years.
Birgitte Stærmose is an internationally acclaimed writer-director of award-winning shorts and feature films. Her short „Out of Love“ (2009) is the precursor to „Afterwar“; it premiered and was awarded at Berlinale 2009. For the past five years Stærmose has worked internationally as lead director on drama series for HBO, Starz and Netflix. „Afterwar“ is a passion project made over the period of 15 years.
