“Hold Me Right,” a documentary by first-time Serbian director Danijela Stajnfeld, is certain to shake this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival with its exploration of sexual assault and its impact on sur…
Stajnfeld, a celebrated actress in Serbia, left the country for the U.S. a few years ago after she was sexually assaulted by a powerful and well-known industry figure. The attack left her traumatized and unable to speak about it for a long time.
The experience of recovery inspired Stajnfeld “to create something that can help others. If a survivor can speak with another survivor, maybe they will feel safe to share their story and in that way get empowerment.” Stajnfeld interviews a number of survivors, both female and male, including a former Philadelphia police officer who lost her career after she was assaulted by a superior officer, and a former sailor who spent 20 years living in silence and denial after being assaulted in the military at the age of 17. She also interviews several perpetrators in the film, even discussing her own experience with the unidentified man who assaulted her.
Stressing the timeliness of the subject matter, Lerner notes that recently published statistics in Britain show a massive decline in the prosecution of sexual assault and rape cases. She adds: “I don’t need that personally, I don’t need justice. I got my justice through making this film. I got my peace.”
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