09/16/2023
"With the recent spotlight on Iranian women, issues relating to hair and control within Iran have risen to the surface and made me and others like me take a look back and truly consider all that we simply grew accustomed to.
It got me thinking back to my ninth birthday and how it split my life into the before and the after.“ - Sheida Sheikhha
This is our next project. We are helping to producethis movie about the meaning of the ninth birthday in Iran. For many in Iran, the 9th birthday signifies a huge and significant change in how you behave and how the world around you treats you, because you start to be seen as a woman and are expected to cover up.
won the prize for best student cinematography by the Czech Association of Cinematographers and created this extremely relevant story together with the director , who you can also see on these images as a little girl.
The project is very dear to our hearts, so if you want to contribute to that, feel free to participate in the crowdfunding for this movie. The link is found in our story highlights. Thank you for helping us making Sheidas vision come to life and for giving a voice to young girls in the Islamic world.
