Original Title: Biti daleko

Year: 2017
Length: 9 minutes
Language: Persian
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Film Category: Documentary

Cast & Credits

Director: Samira Kameli, Sajra Subašić

Producer: Kumjana Novakova

Production Company: Pravo Ljudski

Film Synopsis:

In September 2017, Samira has traveled to Sarajevo from Iran. She is there for the first time, intending to make a documentary. Attempting to connect with the country and its people, she seeks out others who have traveled great distances to be there. Locating a refugee center, she hopes to find others who are in a similar situation, but all she finds are closed gates. Ultimately, Samira is allowed to film the center but not to speak to any of the people there.

Director's Biography

Samira Kameli was born in 1991 in Iran, and has studied engineering and documentary filmmaking. Sajra Subašić was born in Germany in 1994 and currently studies film at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. She is interested in exploring the artistic and formic boundaries of documentary film.