As If I Am Not There
109 mins
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.
Sanja Burić
The Nurse
Irina Apelgren
Alisa
Angela Stojanovska
Samira's Sister
Zoran Trajkovski
Samira's Father
Elpida Pakovska
Village Neighbour
Ivo Stojanovski
Village Neighbour's Husband
Filip Pešov
School Boy
Jana Mirčevska
School Girl
Kristijan Svetiev
Arresting Soldier
Marija Milićević
Nurse's Daughter
Nino Levi
First Rapist
Jasna Diklić
Caretaker
Bojan Velevski
Sleeping Soldier
Gjorgji Neškoski
Experienced Soldier
Nenad Mitevski
Bojan
Kristina Lelevac
New Woman
Andrej Bogoeski
Samira's Baby
Anna Walsh
Singing Girl
Vlado Dojčinovski
Experienced Soldier
Katina Ivanova
(uncredited)
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
Juanita Wilson
Writer