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.

Extras and Get Involved!

LUCAS im Kino

Film Guests

Pädagogisches Begleitmaterial

Educational Material (in German)

Sigrid Klausmann

Sigrid Klausmann
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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