
As If I Am Not There
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.
Top Billed Cast

Nataša Petrović
Samira

Feđa Štukan
The Captain

Jelena Jovanova
Jasmina
Sanja Burić
The Nurse
Irina Apelgren
Alisa
Featured Crew
Kiril Džajkovski
Original Music Composer
Tim Fleming
Director of Photography
Karen Richards
Producer
Bujar Muca
Set Decoration
Nela Vitosevic
Casting
Anna Carlsten
Executive Producer
Žaklina Krstevska
Costume Design
Winfried Hammacher
Executive Producer
Timka Grahić
Casting
Juanita Wilson
Director
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler
Producer
Slavenka Drakulić
Novel