“Dear Muslim\u2026” \u2013 thus begins a Chechen mother Satsita’s diary, which she writes for her four-year-old son, Muslim, so that he will one day understand what his parents experienced in the war in Chechnya. <\/p>\n
Why they fled to Poland. And also, so that he will be able to find his way in an uncertain future, in which, as she believes, his parents may no longer be alive. Satsita, her husband Said-Selim and Muslim are sitting in their small room in the “Home for Asylum Seekers” in a provincial town in Eastern Poland, awaiting the decision of whether they will be granted asylum or not \u2013 in their hearts, they still haven’t even “arrived”: They are still deeply immersed in the past horrors of war which they have been documenting over the years with photos and video recordings.<\/p>\n
The film was conceived during the director’s one-year study period at the State Film Academy in L\u00f3dz together with Alicja Pahl, a student of cinematography, and a German-Polish team. During filming, the director and camerawoman spent more than six months in close contact with the protagonists in the “Home for Asylum Seekers” (Zajazd Zacisze) in the Eastern Polish town of \u0141om\u017ca.<\/p>\n
Original Title:<\/strong> “Lieber Muslim…”
\nCountry of Origin:<\/strong> Germany\/Polland
\nYear :<\/strong> 2005
\nDuration:<\/strong> 35 Min
\nDirector:<\/strong> Kerstin Nickig
\nScript:<\/strong> Kerstin Nickig
\nCamera:<\/strong> Alicja Pahl, Kerstin Nickig
\nEditing:<\/strong> Kerstin Nickig, Cecylja Pacura
\nSound Mix:<\/strong> Teresa Stepien
\nMusic:<\/strong> Christoph Vonderau
\nStarring\/Featuring:<\/strong> Satsita Chumaidova, Said-Selim and Muslim Abumuslimov
\nProduction:<\/strong> timeprints Film, DIPOL-Film, Michael Truckenbrodt, Kerstin Nickig
\nFestivals:<\/strong> 2005: One World Berlin (D)
\nAwards:<\/strong> 2006:<\/span> Best Short Film Award, One World International Documentary Film Festival Prague (CZ); FIPRESCI Award, Special Mention, International Film Festival Cracow (PL); 2005:<\/span> Deutscher Kurzfilm-F\u00f6rderpreis, Europ\u00e4ische Kurzfilmbiennale, Ludwigsburg (D)<\/p>\n