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She set out to complete a triathlon and ended up changing lives.Nudžejma Softić, a woman who put on her running shoes at the age of 28 and by 30 turned from a non-swimmer into the first European woman to compete in the Ironman triathlon wearing a hijab. It tells of one woman's personal and professional transformation into a force of change in her community.

Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2019 | 75’
documentary | CROATIAN PREMIERE

DIRECTOR Slađana Lučić | CINEMATOGRAPHY Vjeran Hrpka | EDITOR Ana Štulina | SOUND Ivan Zelić | SCORE Merima Ključo | PRODUCER Tamara Babun | CO-PRODUCERS Lejla Dedić, Sead Kreševljaković | COMPANY Wolfgang i Dolly d.o.o. (Croatia) | COPRODUCED BY Al Jazeera Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | SALES AGENT Wolfgang i Dolly d.o.o (Croatia)

FESTIVALS Sarajevo Film Festival 2019 – BH Film Al Jazeera Balkans DOC Film Festival 2019, CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival 2019, Windsor International Film Festival 2019

Slađana Lučić is a journalist with 20 years of experience. For the last six years, she has lived in Sarajevo and worked as a news editor for Al Jazeera Balkans. Little Star Rising is her documentary debut.