Like all things in the vastness of the universe, women are a creation. But what does it mean and feel like to be a woman – when understood from a woman’s experience and perspective? We follow the journey of a woman in different stages, from her creation, over her childhood, adolescence and into her early adulthood. We experience how she is shaped and defined by the changes in her mind and in her body, and as well by how her surroundings in words and deeds, exactly like a mold, are shaping or trying to shape her. It is a journey of hope, aspiration, and struggle to find one’s own dignity, purpose, and joy in becoming a person in full – that is: a woman true to herself, with agency, and with strong solidarity towards other women – her sisters in life.
Syria, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden 2025, '74
DIRECTOR: Farida Baqi
SCENARIO: Farida Baqi
CAMERA: Janne Ebel
MONTAGE: Anne Kristine Kliem
MUSIC: Mad Kate | the Tide, HYENAZ, Nareg Abajian
PRODUCERS: Sadiq al-Shamali, Farida Baqi
PRODUCTION: Estayqazat
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
IFF Rotterdam(2025): Youth Jury Award
Nuremberg International Human Rights FF
Ji.hlava
IFFF of India
REC Tarragona IFF