Where I Am Now: Coming of age as a refugee
IDFA, the world's most comprehensive documentary-specific film festival, featured a lone full-on Romanian production across its 2022 100+ film programme. Screening its world premiere within the Youth Documentary (14+) Competition and as part of the European Cultural Foundation-sponsored Pathway: Life in Europe section, Lucia Chicos and Alexandra Diaconu's Where I Am Now tells the story of an eponymously named teenager living in Bucharest for four years after fleeing war in her native Afghanistan. The documentary, which includes support from One World Romania, UNHCR, UNATC, and ViraFilms, does not reinvent the wheel; however, it does offer a singular refugee experience many outside those directly involved may be familiar with.
"Came to Bucharest after living in Amsterdam & Brooklyn, among others, Steve is the industry editor for Modern Times Review documentary magazine.
