LIFT LIKE A GIRL
عاش يا كابتن
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 92 minutes | 35 minutes (for children)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Year: 2020
Countries of Production: Egypt | Germany | Denmark
Language: Arabic
Subtitles: English | French | German | Italian | Chinese | Closed Captions
Dubbed Version: German
SYNOPSIS
From a scrappy, vacant-lot training site in Alexandria, Egypt to the Olympic Games, 14 year-old Zebiba (“raisin” in Arabic) stands at the precipice between childhood and being a weightlifting champion – guided only by her dedicated yet relentless coach, Captain Ramadan, and her own competitive edge. Can she make the leap?
TEAM
Director | Writer | Producer | Impact Producer: Mayye Zayed
Co-producers: Anna Bolster & Anke Chester
Editor: Sara Abdallah
Cinematographer: Mohamad El-Hadidi
Music Composer: Marian Mentrup
Sound Designers: Samir Nabil & Brian Dyrby
Sound Mixing: Salting & Dyrby Studio
Poster Designer: Sara Mossallam
PRODUCTION
The film is produced by Cléo Media, in co-production with ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel, in association with JYOTI Film and Rufy’s Films.
It is supported by The Arab Fund for Arts & Culture (AFAC), Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund, International Media Support (IMS), The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI), The Getty Images ARRAY Grant, Goethe-Institut Cairo, British Council in Egypt, Andromeda Film’s Color Grading Grant, Global Media Makers, American Film Showcase, Awesome Without Borders and The Prince Claus Mobility Fund.
FILM SCREENINGS
- Toronto International Film Festival 2020, Canada (World Premiere)
- Dok Leipizg 2020, Germany
- DOC NYC 2020, USA
- Cairo International Film Festival 2020, Egypt
- MedFilm Festival 2020, Italy
- Arab Film Festival 2020, USA
- Reykjavík Feminist Film Festival 2021, Iceland
- Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival 2021, USA
- Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2021, Greece
- Sofia International Film Festival 2021, Bulgaria
- JEONJU International Film Festival 2021, South Korea
- One World 2021, Czech Republic
- Krakow International Film Festival 2021, Poland
- Sheffield Doc Fest 2021, UK
- Shanghai International Film Festival 2021, China
- Doc Edge Film Festival 2021, New Zealand
- Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival 2021
- Gabes Film Festival 2021, Tunisia
- Safar Film Festival 2021, UK
- Flahertiana Film Festival 2021, Russia
- Filmtage Globale Perspektiven 2022, Germany
- Zwickl Documentary Film Festival 2023, Germany
LABS & INDUSTRY MARKETS
- FIFDH Impact Day 2020
- Good Pitch 2020
- Film Independent Documentary Lab 2019
- Impact Lab 2019
- Visions du Réel Docs in Progress 2019
- Cairo Film Connection 2018
- Hot Docs Deal Maker 2017
- Dox Box: Doc Free Zone 2017
- American Film Showcase 2016
- Thessaloniki Agora Docs in Progress 2016
- Durban FilmMart 2016
- Documentary Campus Masterschool 2015
AWARDS
- Golden Dove Award for Best Film in German competition in Dok Leipzig 2020
- Bronze Pyramid Award for Best First or Second Work in Cairo International Film Festival 2020
- Audience Award in Cairo International Film Festival 2020
- Isis Award for Best Egyptian Film representing women's economic and social role in Cairo FF 2020
- Best Documentary for The Critics Awards for Arab Films 2021
- Isis Award for Best Egyptian Film in Aswan Women Film Festival 2021
- Best Director at Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival 2021
- Global Learning Award "Globales Lernen" at Filmtage Globale Perspektiven 2022
PRESS (Selected)
- Variety (Interview, English)
- Reuters (Intereview, English)
- DW (Intereview, German)
- Screen Daily (Review, English)
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IndieWire (Review, English)
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POV Magazine (Review, English)
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Cineuropa (Review, English)
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Women & Hollywood (Intereview, English)
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La Estatuilla (Review, Spanish)
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Berliner-Filmfestivals (Review, German)
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Raseef22 رصيف ٢٢ (Feature, Arabic)
AVAILABLE ON:
Worldwide except Germany, Switzerland & Austria
MENA Region
North America
Worldwide
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