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LIFT LIKE A GIRL

ASH YA CAPTAIN

By Mayye Zayed

Documentary - Completed 2020

Lift Like a Girl is an intimate journey into the inner life of an aspiring athlete.

Sheffield Doc/Fest 2020

Market Selection

Toronto - TIFF 2020

TIFF Docs

DokLeipzig 2020

Golden Dove German Competition

Cairo IFF 2020

Audience Award, Isis Award for Best Egyptian Film highlighting Women's Economic and Social Role, Bronze Pyramid Award for Best First or Second Film

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- EGYPT, GERMANY, DENMARK
- Languages
- ARABIC, ENGLISH, GERMAN
- Duration
- 91 mn
- Director(s)
- Mayye Zayed
- Producer(s)
- Mayye Zayed
- Synopsis
- In the busy dusty streets of Alexandria, Captain Ramadan has been training Egyptian female weightlifters for more than 20 years to become world champions. He believes so much in Zebiba (meaning Raisin in Arabic); the 14-year-old girl who dreams to be the next Nahla Ramadan, the coach’s daughter/ trainee, Olympian, gold medalist world champion, one of the most famous Egyptian athletes of all times and the pioneer of weightlifting in Egypt. For 4 years, Zebiba goes through victories and defeats, including major losses that shape her, as she finds her way from dust to gold.
  
  The film is in picture lock stage now, with the sound design being worked on between Alexandria and Copenhagen. What's left is the final sound mixing and color grading.