Jamila
2019 | 14 min | fiction
Synopsis
Jamila is finally going to be in the school’s talent show with Maryam and her cool friends. Nothing, not even her little sister Leila's questions about the family's asylum application, can distract her. But when two police officers turn up at school, anxiety starts taking over.
Jamila is finally going to be in the school’s talent show with Maryam and her cool friends. Nothing, not even her little sister Leila's questions about the family's asylum application, can distract her. But when two police officers turn up at school, anxiety starts taking over.
Written and directed by Sophie Vuković
Producers: Eliza Jones & Markus Waltå | Grand Slam Film
Cast: Hanna Rizgar, Venezia Taher, Jenna Chaaraoui, Sandy Kellan, Melek Farhat
DoP: Karin Stenwall
Editor: Anton Hemgren, SFK
Production Design: Clara Isaksson, Cecilia Hägglund
Costume Design: Anna Sheild
Casting: Mikaela Knapp, Sophie Vuković
Assistant director: SaraKlara Hellström
Sound design: Jonathan Dakers
Colorist: Max Strömberg | Swiss Post
Film stills
Photo credit: Grand Slam Film, Karin Stenwall
Selected festivals & awards
Göteborg Film Festival | nominated Best Swedish Short
Cinema distribution | Kortfilm c/o Folkets Bio
International festival distribution | The Swedish Film Institute
Göteborg Film Festival | nominated Best Swedish Short
Honorable Mention Best Swedish Short | Uppsala International Short Film Festival
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen | Children’s Competition
Giffoni International Film Festival | Children’s Film Competition
Best Short Film Award | Verin Film Festival
BUFF Malmö | Film Region Skåne Short Film Award
Bergmanveckan Fårö
Nordisk Panorama Young Nordic Award Competition
IndieCork Film Festival
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
Stockholms Film Festival | nominated 1km film prize
Minimalen Short Film Festival
Cinema distribution | Kortfilm c/o Folkets Bio
International festival distribution | The Swedish Film Institute
Institutional Distribution| FilmCentrum
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