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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 is 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.

Original title Sonne
Directed by Kurdwin Ayub
Screenplay Kurdwin Ayub
Cast Melina Benli Law Wallner Maya Wopienka
Cinematography Enzo Brandner
Editing Roland Stöttinger
Production Company Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion GmbH
Country of Production Austria
Berlin International Film Festival — Berlinale
2022 | Encounters — World Premiere
GWFF Best First Feature Award
Diagonale — Festival of Austrian Film
2022 | Opening Film — Austrian Premiere
Thomas Pluch Special Jury Prize — Screenplay, Kurdwin Ayub
Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
2022 | Regional Panorama
Golden Apricot — Best Film
Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern — Schwerin
2022 | Feature Film Competition
Flying Ox — Best Feature Film
Young Talent Award — Best Performance, Melina Benli
Viennale — Vienna International Film Festival
2022 | Official Selection
Vienna Film Prize — Best Austrian Film
International Film Festival of San Francisco — SFFILM
2022 | Official Selection
Istanbul Film Festival
2022 | Official Selection
IndieLisboa — International Independent Film Festival
2022 | Official Selection
In-Visible Film Festival — Baku
2022 | Official Selection
Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival — Ankara
2022 | Official Selection
International Filmfest Emden-Norderney
2022 | Official Selection
Geneva International Film Festival — GIFF
2022 | International Features Competition
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
2022 | Official Selection
European Film Awards
2022 | Nomination — European Discovery — Prix FIPRESCI
Trieste Film Festival
2023 | International Competition
Trieste Award — Best Feature Film
Göteborg Film Festival
2023 | Official Selection
KINO — Mostra de Cinema de Expressão Alemã, Lisbon
2023 | Official Selection
Seeyousound International Music Film Festival — Turin
2023 | Official Selection
International Film Festival of Ottawa
2023 | Official Selection
SEEfest — South East European Film Festival, Los Angeles
2023 | Official Selection
Special Mention
Human Rights Film Festival Milan
2023 | Official Selection
Seattle International Film Festival
2023 | Official Selection
Eurocine — Festival de Cine Europeo en Colombia
2023 | Official Selection
Deutsches Kinder Medien Festival — Goldener Spatz
2023 | Official Selection
Sotto le stelle dell’Austria — Rome
2023 | Austrian Film Programme
Ceau, Cinema! Film Festival — Timișoara
2023 | Official Selection
Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival
2023 | Official Selection
Malmö — International Female Film Festival
2025 | Official Selection

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