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.

Directors Azadeh Navai, Samantha Toy Ozeas, and cast Aude Pépin are expected to attend

Total Runtime 96 min

Rizoo
Azadeh Navai (Iran/USA 2023, 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.

Can We Pretend
Samantha Toy Ozeas (USA 2023, 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.

VOID
Yusuke Iwasaki (Japan 2023, 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.

Muna
Warda Mohamed (UK 2023, 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.

Little Queen
Julien Guetta (France 2023, 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.