
Edition: First Cut Lab Doha 2022
Qatar Stars
Qatar, United States, Bahrain
Production company: Petunia Productions
World Premiere: DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival 2023 – Best International Feature Film
It offers a textured observational story of girlhood in all its joys and growing pains, through intimate access to a multinational, girls-only rhythmic gymnastics school in Doha, led by a former Russian gymnast. Girls from Qatar, Lebanon, Egypt, Ukraine, and UK grow up onscreen over four years, changing from wiggly nine-year-olds to maturing teens who must navigate an evolving gendered world around them. The girls experience both triumphs and heartaches, to ultimately form an unbreakable bond. Meanwhile, exacting coach Tatiana undergoes her own unexpected professional and personal transformation that challenges her sense of strength and identity.
CREDITS
Director & Writer & Editor: Danielle Beverly
Producers: Danielle Beverly, Jawaher Almoawda
