

Sonne
Direction & Screenplay: Kurdwin Ayub
Producer: Georg Aschauer
DoP: Enzo Brandner
Editor: Roland Stöttinger
Cast: Melina Benli, Law Wallner, Maya Wopienka
2022 | Kurdish, German | 87 Mins | Colour
Three teenage girls from Vienna twerk in hijab and sing a pop song. A YouTube video of it makes them famous overnight, especially among Kurdish Muslims. Yesmin, the only one of the friends who is Kurdish herself, begins to distance herself more and more from her culture. Nati and Bella, on the other hand, seem fascinated by a world that is strange to them. When the girls meet two young Kurdish patriots, the situation threatens to escalate.
Kurdwin Ayub (b. 1990, Iraq) lives and works as a director and screenwriter in Vienna. Her first feature-length documentary ‘Paradise! Paradise!’ was screened at international film festivals and won Best Cinematography Award at Diagonale, 2016. Ayub’s short film ‘Boomerang’ won the Jury Prize at Max Ophüls Film Festival.