completed / fiction / drama / 2023 / 87’
Sanela, a Montenegrin of Muslim background who left the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s after her father was kidnapped and killed alongside other Muslims, comes back to the Balkans after twenty years abroad. She has betrayed her origins, erased her own culture, and become a true Westerner. They say the past is a foreign land and that the one who departs and the one who returns are not the same person anymore.
Written and directed by: Senad Šahmanović
Produced by: Senad Šahmanović
Co-produced by: Jure Pavlović, Alm Babić, Ines Tanović, Dritan Huqi, Fatmir Spahiu,
Cast: Danica Čurčić, Jasna Đuričić, Marko Baćović, Momčilo Otašević
Supported by: Croatian Audiovisual Centre – HAVC, Film Center Montenegro, Kosovo Film Centre, Albanian National Center of Cinematography, Film Fund Sarajevo, Eurimages, Creative Europe Media
Production: Cut-Up d.o.o. (MNE), Sekvenca (HR), On Film Production (AL), Buka Film (KS), Sarajevo Dokument (BH), Alliance de Production Cinématographique (FR)
HIGHLIGHTS:
Sarajevo Film Festival 2023 – World Premiere
Montenegrin Candidate for the Oscars (Academy Awards)