As if I am not there
As if I am not there- Director
- Juanita Nilson
- Country
- Ireland (Eire), Macedonia, Sweden
- Year
- 2010
- Genre
- Drama, Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Juanita Wilson (from Slavenka Drakulic's novel)
- Cast
- Natasa Petrovic/ Fedja Stukan/ Stellan Skarsgard
- Production
- Jenny Alten/ Vladimir Anastasov/ Anna Carlsten
Wide Eye Films
Storyline
A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time-the Bosnian War of the 1990s-Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Toronto International Film Festival 2010
Berlin International Film Festival 2011
IFTA - Irish Films & Television Awards 2011
Best Director
Best Script
Best Film
Releases
France (27 of February 2013)
