Import

A film by

the Netherlands | 17' | 05/2016 | fiction

A young Bosnian refugee family ends up in a small village in the Netherlands after getting a residence permit in 1994. Absurd situations arise as they are trying to make this new world their home.

Crew Festivals

Ena Sendijarević

Biography

Ena Sendijarević is an Amsterdam based, Bosnian filmmaker. She studied Film Studies at the University of Amsterdam and the Freie Universität Berlin, before graduating from the Netherlands Film Academy as a writer/director in 2014. She wrote and directed several awarded short films, including TRAVELLERS INTO THE NIGHT (2013) and FERNWEH (2014), which have been shown at numerous international filmfestivals. Her latest short, IMPORT (2016), premiered at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs selection of the Cannes Film festival 2016. Ena is currently working on her debut feature project.

Filmography

Take Me Somewhere Nice / 2019 / 91′ / narrative feature
Import / 2016 / 16’ / narrative short
Fernweh / 2014 / 14’ / narrative short
Februari / 2013 / 14’/ narrative short
Reizigers in de Nacht / 2013 / 10’ / narrative short

Crew

Director: Ena Sendijarević
Screenplay: Ena Sendijarević
Production Company: Pupkin
Producer: Iris Otten, Sander van Meurs, Pieter Kuijpers
Delegate Producer: Layla Meijman
Cinematographer: Emo Weemhoff
Line Producer: Jessie Mentjox
Art Director: Myrte Beltman, Maeve Human
Costume Design: Nedda Nagel
Sound Recordist: Taco Drijfhout
Editor: Lot Rossmark
Sound Design: Vincent Sinceretti
Composer: Ella van der Woude, Juho Nurmela
Titels: Xander Nijsten, Ingrid Sanchez
Poster Design: Jolien van Hassel
Cast: Alena Dzebo, Mario Knezović, Esma Hrusto, Aya Crnić

Festivals

Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, France (12 – 20 May, 2016)
Official Selection
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria (25 May – 31 May, 2016)
Out of Competition: New Bosnian Cinema
Festival International de Contis, France (9 – 13 June, 2016)
Official Selection
Art Film Fest, Slovakia (17 – 25 June, 2016)
International Short Film Competition
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal (9 – 17 July, 2016)
International Competition
New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland (21 – 31 July, 2016)
Out of Competition: Quinzaine Shorts
DokuFest – International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo (5 – 13 August, 2016)
International Short Films Competition Won: Best International Short Film
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (12 – 20 August, 2016)
Official Selection: European Shorts
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil (24 August – 2 September, 2016)
Out of Competition: Director’s Fortnight selection
Silhouette Film Festival, France (26 August – 3 September, 2016)
Official Selection
Festival Off-Courts Trouville, France (2 – 10 September, 2016)
European Competition
Tenerife Shorts Film Festival, Spain (8 – 11 September, 2016)
International Competition Won: Best International Short Film
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (8 – 18 September, 2016)
ShortCuts
Quebec City Film Festival, Canada (14 – 24 September, 2016)
International Competition
Nederlands Film Festival, the Netherlands (21 – 30 September, 2016)
Gouden Kalf Competition
Ruwe Diamant Festival, the Netherlands (21 September, 2016)
Le Long Week-End Du Court, Canada (23 – 25 September, 2016)
Message to Man International Film Festival, Russia (23 September – 1 October, 2016)
International Competition Won: Best Fiction Short Film
Curtocircuíto – International Film Festival, Spain (3 – 9 October, 2016)
Radar – Official Competition
Pocity Film Festival, Slovakia (4 – 9 October, 2016)
Out of competition: Art Film Festival retrospective
Hamptons International Film Festival, United States (6 – 10 October, 2016)
Short Film Competition
BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom (5 – 16 October, 2016)
Official Selection
CineEast, Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg (6 – 23 October, 2016)
cinÉshorts
Festival CineMigrante, Argentina (11 – 19 October, 2016)
Official Selection
Cinekid, the Netherlands (12 – 21 October, 2016)
Dutch Shorts Program
Un festival c’est trop court! – Nice Short Film Festival, France (14 – 21 October, 2016)
European Competition Special Mention
Haifa International Film Festival, Israel (15 – 24 October, 2016)
International Program
Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece (17 – 22 October, 2016)
Official Selection
Cinemed – Mediterenean Film Festival, France (21 – 29 October, 2016)
Short Film Competition
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (24 – 30 October, 2016)
International Competition
Leiden International Film Festival, the Netherlands (28 October – 6 November, 2016)
Official Selection
Festival Cinéma et Droits Humains, France (2 – 8 November, 2016)
Short Film Competition
South Western International Film Festival, Canada (3 – 6 November, 2016)
International Shorts
Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil (3 – 9 November, 2016)
International Competition
Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom (3 – 17 November, 2016)
Louis le Prince International Short Film Competition
ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid, Spain (4 – 11 November, 2016)
European Competition
Brest European Short Film Festival, France (8 – 13 November, 2016)
European Competition
Portraits de Jeunesses, France (8 – 27 November, 2016)
Non-competitive
Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, the Netherlands (9 – 13 November, 2016)
Official Selection
Cinemaforum Short Film Festival, Poland (9 – 13 November, 2016)
Main Competition
Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil (9 – 16 November, 2016)
Out of competition: Quinzaine Short Film Program
Amiens International Film Festival, France (11 – 19 November, 2016)
International Competition Won: Prix de La Fémis
Sleepwalkers International Short Film Festival, Estonia (12 – 16 November, 2016)
International Competition
Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia (12 – 20 November, 2016)
Out of Competition: Quinzaine Shorts
Shortfilmfestival Cologne, Germany (16 – 20 November, 2016)
Best Of Festivals
Tous Courts International Short Film Festival, France (28 November – 3 December, 2016)
International Short Film Competition
Kinoproba – International Film School Festival, Russia (1 – 4 December, 2016)
Out of Competition
Passaggi d’autore: intrecci mediterranei – Mediterranean Short Film Festival, Italy (6 – 11 December, 2016)
Official Selection
Eindhoven Film Festival, the Netherlands (9 – 11 December, 2016)
Official Selection
Tegenstroom Internationaal Festival, the Netherlands (9 -11 December, 2016)
Competition
Curta Brasília, Brazil (15 – 18 December, 2016)
Out of competition: Dutch focus
Flickerfest’s International Short Film Festival, Australia (6 – 15 January, 2017)
International Competition
Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Lithuania (18 – 22 January, 2017)
International Competition
Premiers Plans Film Festival, France (20 – 29 January, 2017)
European Short Film Competition
International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands (25 January – 5 February, 2017)
Educational program
Lume International Film Festival, Brazil (1 – 6 March, 2017)
International Competition
Vrouw&Film – Internationaal Filmfestival Assen, the Netherlands (11 – 12 March, 2017)
REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada (15 – 19 March, 2017)
Official Competition Won: National Critic Award
Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (15 – 19 March, 2017)
International Competition
Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, France (20 – 25 March, 2017)
Night of Shorts Won: Best Picture
Short Waves Festival, Poland (21 – 26 March, 2016)
Out of competition: Educational screening
FEC Festival – European Short Film Festival, Spain (29 March – 2 April, 2017)
Official Competition
Filmfest Dresden, Germany (4 – 9 April, 2017)
International Competition
Flatpack Film Festival, United Kingdom (4 – 9 April, 2017)
International Competition
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (5 – 9 April, 2017)
European Competition Won: Best European Fiction Film
Ammehoela Film Festival, the Netherlands (14 April, 2017)
Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (19 – 23 April, 2017)
International Competition
Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt (19 – 25 April, 2017)
Short Film Competition Special Mention
Nashville Film Festival, United States (20 – 29 April, 2017)
Official Selection Won: Best International Short Film
Gdańsk DocFilm Festival, Poland (31 May – 3 June, 2017)
Short Film Section
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan (1 – 25 June, 2017)
International Competition
Nantucket Film Festival, United States (21 – 26 June, 2017)
Narrative Shorts
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia (22 – 29 June, 2017)
Out of Competition
Outdoor Short Film Festival of Grenoble, France (4 – 8 Juli, 2017)
Official Competition Won: Grand Prix
New Zealand Film Festival, New Zealand (20 July – 13 August, 2017)
FIRST International Film Festival Xining, China (21 – 27 July, 2017)
Main Competition
La Guarimba International Film Festival, Italy (7 – 11 August, 2017)
Official Fiction Competition
Lucania Film Festival, Italy (9 – 13 August, 2017)
Official Selection Won: Best Short Fiction Film & Best Actress
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (10 – 14 August, 2017)
Official Selection
Noorderzon Festival Groningen, the Netherlands (17 – 27 August, 2017)
Short Film Selection
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark (28 August – 3 September, 2017)
Official Competition
The Smalls Film Festival, United Kingdom (1 – 6 September, 2017)
Official Selection Won: Best Dimensions of Diversity film
Shorts Mexico – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México, Mexico (6 – 13 September, 2017)
World Cinema Showcase
Regards sur courts, France (7 – 10 September, 2017)
Competition Won: Le Ruban d’Images for Best Short Film
Tacoma Film Festival, United States (5 – 12 October, 2017)
Official Selection Won: Best Director & Best Narrative Short Film
Festival International Signes de Nuit, France (5 – 15 October, 2017)
International Competition Won: The Signs Award
IndieCork Festival, Ireland (8 – 15 October, 2017)
International Competition
Timishort Film Festival, Romania (12 – 15 October, 2017)
Opening program
Twisted Oyster Film Festival, United States (14 – 21 October, 2017)
Outline, Bosnia and Herzegovina (16 October – 13 November, 2017)
International Best of Short Films Festival, France (25 – 29 October, 2017)
Competition
Super8000 Film Festival Aarhus, Denmark (27 – 29 October, 2017)
Official Selection
Show Me Shorts Film Festival, New Zealand (28 October – 28 November, 2017)
Official Selection
Low Countries Film Festival, United Kingdom (1 – 3 November, 2017)
Fike International Short Film Festival, Portugal (3 – 12 November, 2017)
Competition Won: Best Cinematography & Special Mention for Best Film
Princeton Independent Film Festival, United States (9 – 11 November, 2017)
Official Selection
International Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey (17 – 26 November, 2017)
International Short Fiction Competition
Magma – Mostra Di Cinema Breve, Italy (23 – 35 November, 2017)
Competition
Internacional Festival Signos de la Noite, Portugal (23 November – 3 December, 2017)
Competition
Antarctic Short, Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Antarctic (1 – 7 December, 2017)
Official Selection
[A]RCIPELAGO | International Festival of Short Films and New Images, Italy (4 – 10 December, 2017)
Focus On Refugees: Endless Runaway | Old Exoduses And New Walls
Bosnian Culture Days II, Turkey (December, 2017)
Humans Fest – International Film and Human Rights Festival of Valencia, Spain (9 – 18 February, 2018)
Official Selection Shorts on Refugee People Won: Best Short Film on Asylum and Refugees
Diaspora Film Festival, South Korea (18 – 22 May, 2018)
Official Selection
Bašta Fest, Serbia (5 – 8 July, 2018)
Official Competition Special Mention for Best Actress
Festival Cinéma Jeune Public, Switzerland (21 – 25 November, 2018)
International Competition
Take One Action Film Festivals, United Kingdom (18 – 29 September, 2019)