GOETHE FILMS: Zuhur's Daughters
Film Screening
Zuhur's Daughters (Germany 2021, 1h29m) by Laurentia Genske & Robin Humboldt
Get Tix! Co-presented with Inside Out, Toronto Arab Film & Hot Docs.A personal and interpersonal documentary exploring family and gender roles and identities. After escaping the war in Syria, a family learns to negotiate their new lives in Germany. But when the siblings begin to explore their transgender identities within their newfound freedom, their parents push back hard as they cling to strict religious and cultural traditions.
VIKTOR DOK.deutsch Award Dokfest Munich 2021
"Full of small moments of happiness and disappointment. And it casually shows how diverse our society has become." - KINO-ZEIT
Details
TIFF Bell Lightbox Toronto
350 King St. W.
Toronto
Language: with English subtitles; viewer discretion is advised
Price: Tickets $10 online as of 22 Feb! Or day-of at TIFF Lightbox box office in person or by phone 1-888-258-8433.
Program Curator: +1(416) 593-5257
Program Curator: jutta.brendemuehl@goethe.de
Part of series GOETHE FILMS: I HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU