GIRLS DON’T CRY
GIRLS DON’T CRY
“Who run the world? Girls!” (Beyoncé)
What does it mean to be a girl? And what connects girls worldwide? GIRLS DON’T CRY seeks answers to these questions. Nancy, Nina, Sheelan, Sinai, Selenna and Paige live in different countries under very different conditions. So Sheelan fled with her family from Iran and starts a new life in Germany. Nancy lives in a shelter in Tanzania to defend her right to her own body. Sinai struggles with ideals of beauty and the pressure to perform in South Korea. Six stories about courage, self-determination and the fight against discrimination – and about the search for one’s own place in the world. An episodic documentary for all identities. (SoS)
DE 2025. D: Sigrid Klausmann, Lina Luzyte.
SC: Sigrid Klausmann. 90 min. documentary. OV with English subtitles (Sep. 28) and German version (Sep. 29 & 30). Suitable from age 12. Recommended from age 14.
Sigrid Klausmann

Biography
Sigrid Klausmann is a director and screenwriter. After her career as a sports and a modern dance teacher, she now works as a documentary filmmaker. GIRLS DON’T CRY is to be Sigrid’s last film: “Giving girls around the world a voice was extremely important to me – and seems more urgent than ever today in light of the backward development worldwide.”
Filmography (Selection)
2021 LEONIE AND THE WAY TO THE TOP
2017 NOT WITHOUT US!
YOU WILL STILL FLY IN 2007!
Production company
Zeitgeist Filmproduktion
World sales
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