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A girl in a hijab sits at a desk and reads a book.
April 28, 2024 at 4:15 PM PT
Marina Theatre
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Shorts 1: I’m Just a Girl

96 min

Girls, girls, girls. They've had it with life's complications; these girls just want to have fun. Formidable filmmakers deliver stories…
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A girl in a hijab sits at a desk and reads a book.
Directed by Azadeh Navai Iran | Shorts | 16 min
New to Tehran, Rizoo feels out of place but as she adjusts to life in a new country, she finds comfort in different moments around town.

Rizoo

A woman with a hat lying on a blanket in a grassy field.
Directed by Samantha Toy Ozeas USA | Shorts | 12 min
Two friends meet for a birthday celebration, gossiping and gabbing about their limitless futures — until one reveals how far she’s already gone in the name of success.

Can We Pretend

A young girl in a white shirt and tie.
Directed by Yusuke Iwasaki Japan | Shorts | 24 min
Where do feelings travel when they have nowhere to go? Asagi slowly finds out when strange things creep into her life after a friend dies under peculiar circumstances.

VOID

A young girl wearing hijab and headphones.
Directed by Warda Mohamed UK | Shorts | 19 min
Teenage Muna balances the fear of missing out on adventures with friends with learning how to care for her family as they grieve a lost loved one long-distance.

Muna

Two smiling women sitting in a car.
Directed by Julien Guetta France | Shorts | 25 min
A teenage girl, tired of her overbearing mom’s constant intrusions into her life, finally expresses her rage during a drive to a concert.

Little Queen

Program Description

Girls, girls, girls. They’ve had it with life’s complications; these girls just want to have fun. Formidable filmmakers deliver stories of culture shock, ethics in a digital world, confronting death, grief, and the reality that nothing stays the same. Obstacles stand in the way of our fated protagonists but also offer each the opportunity for a transformative journey. These diverse stories from five countries across the globe prove girls will be girls, if only life would let them be.