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Tonia Mishiali's 'The Lion at My Back' to Premiere at Karlovy Vary, Tells Story of Asylum Seeker and Cypriot Woman

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Georg Szalai

7h ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary

An exclusive look at Tonia Mishiali's second feature film 'The Lion at My Back,' which follows the unexpected bond between Mariama, a Senegalese teenage asylum seeker in Cyprus, and Stella, a Cypriot woman in her 40s breaking free from addiction. The film is set to world premiere on July 6 in the Crystal Globe competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

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Twitter / XTonia Mishiali's 'The Lion at My Back' to Premiere at Karlovy Vary, Tells Story of Asylum Seeker and Cypriot Womanhollywoodreporter.com

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In The Lion at My Back, director Tonia Mishiali tells a cinematic story of an unexpected bond.
Mariama, a Senegalese asylum seeker in Cyprus, has just turned 18.
She meets Stella, who is in her 40s and recently decided to break free from the clutches of addiction to make a fresh start.
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The second feature from Cypriot writer, director and producer Tonia Mishiali, world premiering in the Crystal Globe competition at Karlovy Vary, shows that family feelings can blossom in unlikely places.

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