• Lift Like a Girl

    Lift Like a Girl

    Stark wie ein Mädchen

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  • Lift Like a Girl

    Lift Like a Girl

    Stark wie ein Mädchen

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  • Lift Like a Girl

    Lift Like a Girl

    Stark wie ein Mädchen

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Lift Like a Girl

Stark wie ein Mädchen

a film by Mayye Zayed

Lift Like a Girl

Germany | 2020 | 96:00 min

Formal Categories

Biography / Portrait Coming of Age Gender Human Interest Society Children / Youth Social Issue Sports

Content Categories

Documentary
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 weightlifting champion – guided only by her dedicated yet relentless coach, Captain Ramadan, and her own competitive edge. Can she make the leap?
Festivals/Awards
2020
Golden Dove in German competition at DOKLeipzig
Bronze Pyramid Award for Best First or Second Film at CIFF
Audience Award — 42 Cairo FF
Isis Award for Best Egyptian Film highlighting Women's Economic and Social Role — 42 Cairo FF
TIFF Toronto
DOC NYC


2021
Thessaloniki Doc Festival



Cast and Crew
  • Director Mayye Zayed
  • Producer Mayye Zayed, Anke Petersen, Anna Bolster
  • Director of Photography Mohamad Elhadidi
  • Editor Sara Abdallah
  • Sound Samir Nabil, Kristoffer Salting, Brian Dyrby
  • Score Marian Mentrup
Original Languages

Arabic

Co-Production Company
JYOTI Film / Anke Petersen
Germany
jyotifilm.de
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