Young women, Austrian style. Yesmin is Kurdish and wears a headscarf. She shoots a cheeky burqa video with Bella and Nati which makes the trio famous in the Muslim community. Controversy and alienation ensue. Immediate, exuberantly introverted cinema.
Direction
Ayub's debut captures Gen-Z Muslim girlhood with zero filter
Acting
Benli's deadpan breaks your heart while making you laugh
Editing
TikTok rhythms meet European art house precision
Director
Kurdwin Ayub
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Kurdwin Ayub drew from her own experience as a Kurdish-Austrian filmmaker navigating secular and religious expectations.
The burqa video went unexpectedly viral in real Muslim communities online, blurring fiction and reality in ways the film eerily predicted.
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