SONNE

Duration: 87 mins
Type: Fiction
Year: 2022

Director:
Kurdwin Ayub

Producer:
Ulrich Seidl

Country:
Austria

Languages:
Kurdish, German

Logline:
In a moment of ordinary madness, three girlfriends decide to shoot a burqa music video.

Synopsis:
Three teenage girls from Vienna twerk in hijab and sing a pop song. A YouTube video of it makes them famous overnight, especially among Kurdish Muslims. Yesmin, the only one of the friends who are Kurdish herself, begins to distance herself more and more from her culture. Nati and Bella, on the other hand, seem fascinated by a world that is strange to them. When the girls meet two young Kurdish patriots, the situation threatens to escalate. A film about young people caught between social media and self-discovery, a story of rebellious young women.

Kurdwin Ayub – Director

Saturday 13 May 2023, 20:45, Screen 3