Sinopsis
Fiction. Mirja must find her place after serving jail time. When she gets a job as a hotel cleaner she starts living a double life. She’s torn between her sick mother and her old group of friends, who have always been her real family.
Rojda Sekersöz is a Swedish director with roots from Kurdistan. She was educated at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she was the youngest student ever to be accepted. Sekersöz has a background of acting, spoken word poetry, and writing, and is interested in stories on social issues. Her feature debut Beyond Dreams was well received and gained attention for its many well-written female characters, none of them dependent on any male characters as most are.
November, 10th 2020. 9 pm
Cineteca Madrid. Sala Plató
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Section: Swedish Directors
Year of Production: 2018
Running Time: 90’
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Director: Rojda Sekersöz
Cast: Evin Ahmad, Gizem Erdogan, Malin Persson, Segen Tesfai and Ella Åhman
Producers: Agneta Fagerström-Olsson and Annika Hellström
Production Company: 2afilm
International Sales: TriArt Film
Main Festivals and awards: Awarded Best film and Best actress at Duhok International Film Festival, Angelo Award and Audience Award at Göteborg Film Festival, and FIPRESCI Prize at Norwegian International Film Festival
