Irish director, Juanita WILSON has just followed up her Oscar nominated first film, The Door, with an equally hard hitting true story from the Bosnian War, As If I’m Not There, based on Croatian journalist Slavenka DRAKULIC’s book of the same name. The film went on to win the prestigious Silver Pyramid at the Cairo International Film Festival in December 2010 and was selected for the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2011. She won the “Best Director” and “Best Screenplay” at the 2011 Irish Film and Television Academy Awards in February, and the film also went on to win “Best Film.”
2010 The Door
2010 As If I’m Not There
Director/Juanita WILSON
Producer/James FLYNN, Natalie LICHTENTHAELER, Karen RICHARDS
Screenplay/Juanita WILSON
Cinematographer/Tim FLEMING
Editor/Nathan NUGENT
Sound/Tsvetan KADYSKI
Music/Kiril DZAJKOVSKI
Cast/Natasha PETROVIC, Fedja STUKAN, Stellan SKARSGÄARD
J Skars Production Ltd & Octagon Films Ltd Ardmore Studios
Herbert Road, Bray Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 1-276-9468, Fax: +353 (0) 1-276-9471
Wide Eye Films Ltd 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 1-678-7930
2010 The Door
2010 As If I’m Not There
Director/Juanita WILSON
Producer/James FLYNN, Natalie LICHTENTHAELER, Karen RICHARDS
Screenplay/Juanita WILSON
Cinematographer/Tim FLEMING
Editor/Nathan NUGENT
Sound/Tsvetan KADYSKI
Music/Kiril DZAJKOVSKI
Cast/Natasha PETROVIC, Fedja STUKAN, Stellan SKARSGÄARD
J Skars Production Ltd & Octagon Films Ltd Ardmore Studios
Herbert Road, Bray Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 1-276-9468, Fax: +353 (0) 1-276-9471
Wide Eye Films Ltd 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 1-678-7930