Samia defies taboos by racing through the streets of Mogadishu, in a society where a woman is not supposed to run. Her passion will one day take her to the Olympic Games. Based on the bestseller “Don’t Tell Me You’re Afraid”, by Giuseppe Catozzella, inspired by the true story of Samia Yusuf Omar, a young Somali athlete boldly moving towards her future and becoming a symbol in the fight for freedom and women’s rights worldwide.
Special jury mention at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Samia
2024
16 years
102 min.
Fiction
Italy, Germany, Belgium
Italy, Germany, Belgium, international festivals, awarded films, female directors, sports, biopic, feminism
Colorido
Yasemin Şamdereli
Yasemin Şamdereli, Nesrin Samdereli, Giuseppe Catozzella
Florian Berutti
Mechthild Barth
Ilham Mohamed Osman, Riyan Roble, Fathia Mohamed Absie, Fatah Ghedi, Mohamed Abdullahi Omar, Amina Mohamed Ahmed
Simone Catania, Dietmar Güntsche, Anja-Karina Richter, Francesca Portalupi, Michele Fornasero, Martin Rohé, Joseph Rouschop, David Herdies, Riccardo Russo, Christoph Fisser, Michael Krotkiewski, Iman Smail
Indyca, Rai Cinema, Neue Bioskop, Tarantula, Bim Produzione, Momento Film
Rodrigo D’Erasmo
MK2 Films
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