Should I Stay or Should I Go: Films on Migration

Logbook Serbistan

Serbia
2015 — 94' / Color

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Synopsis

Illegal immigrants and asylum seekers in Serbia, placed in asylum centers after their dramatic journeys from war-torn and poverty-stricken areas of North Africa, Near and Middle East go through a period of adaptation to life and social circumstances in Serbia. In most cases, however, their goal is to reach one of the EU countries. Docu-drama is a space for them to, beside the socio-political context in which they found themselves, show their individual values, becoming heroes that viewers can identify with and whose destiny and struggle they can understand.

Director Biography

Želimir Žilnik (born in Niš in 1942; currently living and working in Novi Sad) has written and directed numerous feature and documentary films which have reaped many awards at domestic and international film festivals. Žilnik is renowned as an initiator of the "docudrama" genre. From the very beginning his films have focussed on contemporary issues, featuring social, political and economic assessments of everyday life.

Director

Želimir Žilnik

Producer

Sarita Matijević

Cinematographer

Miodrag Milosević

Orfeas Skutelis

Editor

Vuk Vukmirović

Sound

Filip Vlatković

Contact

Playground Produkcija
Njegoševa 16
21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia
+381 63 540493
[email protected]