When John returns home to his father after serving time in prison, he is looking forward to start his life afresh. However in the local community, his crime is neither forgotten nor forgiven. John’s presence brings out the worst in everyone around him and a lynch-mob atmosphere slowly takes shape. Feeling abandoned by his former friends and the people he loves, John loses hope and the same aggressions that previously sent him to prison start building up again. Unable to leave the past behind, he decides to confront it.

Direction: Magnus von Horn

Script: Magnus von Horn

Production: Mariusz Włodarski, Madeleine Ekman

Cinematography: Łukasz Żal

Editing: Agnieszka Glińska

Production Design: Jagna Dobesz, Henrik Ryhlander

Costume Design: Anna-Karin Cameron

Sound: Michał Robaczewski

Cast: Loa Ek, Wiesław Komasa, Ulrik Munther, Mats Blomgren

Original Title: EFTERSKALV / INTRUZ

Original Language: Swedish

Subtitles: English

Film Production Countries: Poland, Sweden, France

Website: www.the-here-after.com

Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/TheHereAfterFilm?fref=ts

Statement of the Director/s
I came up with the idea for THE HERE AFTER when I was preparing for my exam film, WITHOUT SNOW at the Polish film school in Lodz. I was reading documents from police investigations of crimes committed by teenagers. Among these documents I came across a story that particularly moved me: a fifteen year old boy had killed his girlfriend, because he couldn’t stand the fact that she had fallen in love with someone else. In-between the lines of his confession I felt that behind the awful act there was actually a shy, young boy. He admitted to the crime but had no idea how he could actually have done something so horrifying. He was frightened, unhappily in love and tried to make amends for his crime while not being emotionally prepared for it at all. That was the inspiration for our film.
To me, the essence of THE HERE AFTER is the story of a boy who after having committed murder and served his punishment is released back into society when he is still a child. He wants to move on but the people surrounding him are unable to let him do so. It's a tale about emotionally disconnected people. A quiet, dormant illness present in society and that has been passed down from generation to generation in the protagonist’s family. Finally it found an outlet in the killing of a young girl. Everyone carries a blame inside, but admitting to it would mean taking on a responsibility which cannot be avoided; a failure, which cannot be washed off.

Biography of the Director/s
Magnus von Horn born in 1983 in Göteborg, Sweden; living in Warsaw, Poland. He completed the MA programme of film directing at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. During his studies he made several successful short films. With his film ECHO he was in the official short film competition of Sundance 2010 and with WITHOUT SNOW he opened Pardi di Domani section at Locarno Film Festival 2011. His debut feature film THE HERE AFTER had its world premiere at Directors’ Fortnight Cannes 2015.

Filmography:
2007 RADEK, short
2008 ECHO, short
2011 WITHOUT SNOW, short

Awards Won
European FF Palić: Tower for Best Director

World Sales:
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