Little Star Rising
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Little Star Rising

Sladana Lucic
A woman puts on her running shoes at the age of 28 and by the age of 30 becomes one of the first women to run a marathon in Europe while wearing a hijab and the first covered European to compete at the IronMan triathlon. Her name is Nudžejma which means Little Star in Arabic. Little Star Rising follows one woman's journey of overcoming social and political barriers by the sheer will to own her own life and choices. It is a compelling story about the power of inspiration, drive and will to break through the walls of cultural norms. Little Star Rising shows usthere is life after conflict, possibility of creating a home after being a refugee and a chance to make peace between honouring the values of your ancestors and living your own authentic life.
Journalist and filmmaker She has been in journalism for over 20 years. As a student in Osijek, Croatia she was a contributor to Glas Slavonije and Jutarnji list daily newspapers and the local TV station. Soon she opted for television and began working for the national broadcaster Croatian Television, later continuing at RTL News as a reporter and editor. The past six years she has been living in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and working as a news editor for Al Jazeera Balkans, a regional TV broadcaster and part of the global Al Jazeera network. She reported from many regional and worldwide events, trained young journalists and mentored participants at media trainings for numerous NGOs. Little Star Rising is her documentary debut.

– Sarajevo Film Festival 2019 – BH Programme (Sarajevo)
– Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival 2019 – Closing Film (Sarajevo)
– CinEast Luxembourg 2019
– Windsor International Film Festival 2019
– ZagrebDox 2020 – Official Selection (Croatia)
– Women’s Rights Nights Skopje 2020 – Official Selection (Macedonia)

  • Original title Little Star Rising
  • Director Sladana Lucic
  • Duration 75' and 56'
  • Production year 2019
  • Theme Sports, Women
  • Aspect 16:9
  • Format DCP
  • Category Feature Film
  • Subcategory Documentary
  • Nationality Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Producer Wolfgang & Dolly
  • Dialogue language Bosnian
  • Subtitle language English
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