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?
2020
TIFF Toronto - World Premiere
Golden Dove in German competition at DOKLeipzig
DOC NYC
42 CIFF Cairo International Film Festival
• Bronze Pyramid Award for Best First or Second Film
• Audience Award &
• Isis Award for Best Egyptian Film highlighting Women's Economic and Social Role –
MED Film Festival, Italy
2021
The Critics Award for Arab Films – Best Documentary
THESSALONIKI Documentary Festival
Sofia Film Festival
JEONJU Int. Film Festival
Krakow FF
Sheffield DocFest
Doc Edge
ONE WORLD Int. Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
SIFF Shanghai International Film Festival
GABES CINEMA FEN
GUKIFF
IDFF Flahertiana
Best Director Award– Safar London Film Fest
Mayye Zayed
Mayye Zayed, Anna Bolster, Anke Petersen
Marian Mentrup
Samir Nabil, Kristoffer Salting, Brian Dyrby
Sara Abdallah
Mohamad Elhadidi
Brian Dyrby
