Samia

Italien Deutschland Belgien Schweden 2022-2024 Spielfilm

Summary

The nine-year-old Samia races with her best friend on the way to school in Mogadishu, and she is always the fastest. Her biggest dream is to participate in the annual city race, despite the ban on women participating in sports and the risk of being caught by patrols. While her mother is worried, her father supports her dream and promises her real sneakers if she wins. Samia trains secretly at night and ultimately emerges as the winner of the city race. Her dream of one day competing as the fastest woman from Somalia in the Olympics feels within reach. The film is based on the true story of Somali athlete Samia Yusuf Omar, who competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

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Credits

All Credits

Co-Director

Assistant director

Director of photography

Production design

Stand-by props

Sound design

Foley artist

Line producer

Production assistant

Shoot

    • Dezember 2022 - November 2023: Malindi, Rom, Apulien,Tunesien, Berlin
Duration:
103 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.08.2024, 260447, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (US): 09.06.2024, New York, Tribeca Festival - Internationaler Spielfilm;
Erstaufführung (DE): 04.07.2024, München, Filmfest - CineCoPro;
Kinostart (DE): 19.09.2024

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Samia

Versions

Original

Duration:
103 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.08.2024, 260447, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (US): 09.06.2024, New York, Tribeca Festival - Internationaler Spielfilm;
Erstaufführung (DE): 04.07.2024, München, Filmfest - CineCoPro;
Kinostart (DE): 19.09.2024

Awards

Filmfest München 2024
  • Audience Award, International