AS FAR AS I CAN WALK

STRAHINJA

By Stefan ARSENIJEVIC

LES FILMS FAUVES - as PROD

Romance - Completed 2018

Siisi, nicknamed Strahinja, a 22-year-old Ghanaian refugee, is doing everything to integrate in Serbia. He volunteers for the Red Cross in the camp where he lives, looks for work, plays on the local football team... His biggest challenge, however, is to win back the woman he loves.

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2021
Official Selection - Competition Crystal Globe
Karlovy Vary 2021
Ecumenical Jury Award
Manaki 2021
Competition Program Camera 300
Haifa 2021
Pingyao IFF 2021
Official Competition
CinEast Film Festival 2021
Cinescope
CINEMED 2021
Official Feature Selection
Kinenova IFF 2021
Main Competition - Opening Film - Best Director Award
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Romance, Drama
    • Countries
    • LUXEMBOURG, SERBIA, BULGARIA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • SERBIAN, ARABIC, ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Stefan ARSENIJEVIC
    • Writer(s)
    • Stefan ARSENIJEVIC, Bojan VULETIC, Nicolas DUCRAY
    • Producer(s)
    • Gilles CHANIAL (LES FILMS FAUVES), Miroslav MOGOROVIC (ART & POPCORN), Borislav CHOUCHKOV (CHOUCHKOV BROTHERS), Alice ORMIÈRES (SURPRISE ALLEY)
    • Synopsis
    • Strahinya and his wife, Ababuo, both 28, left Ghana at the beginning of the migrant crisis. They managed to reach Germany but were deported back to Belgrade.
      Serbia may not be Germany, but Strahinya does his best to start a new life. He works hard to secure asylum, trying out as a football player for a local club and working as a volunteer for the Red Cross.
      The process, however, is lengthy and Ababuo, a passionate woman aspiring to become an actress in London, feels unfullled in their life.
      One night, a new group of Syrian refugees arrive, on their way to Western Europe. One of them is Ali, a charismatic left-wing activist. Ababuo initially mocks him, but, the very next day, leaves Serbia with him, providing no explanation. Strahinya sets along the Balkan migrant route for completely different reasons than anyone else: for love.
      A reimagining of the medieval Serbian epic poem Banovich Strahinya in which contemporary African migrants take the place of Serbian national heroes. Urgent and timeless at the same time, this
      adaptation raises questions about identity, tradition, race and love.