Die Jüngste Tochter

In the organizer's words:

"17-year-old Fatima is the youngest of three daughters in a French-Algerian family in a Paris suburb. Her favorite sport is soccer, at school she hangs out with the most boastful boys in her class, and she has a secret boyfriend who is already thinking about getting married. However, Fatima is finding it increasingly difficult to hide what no one is allowed to know: Her heart beats for women. When she starts studying philosophy in Paris, a whole new world opens up for her. Torn between family tradition, faith and her desire for freedom, Fatima has to find her own way. "The Youngest Daughter" is an adaptation of Fatima Daas' acclaimed autofictional debut novel from 2020 and the third feature film by French star actress and director Hafsia Herzi. With emotional and truthful force, the film follows the sexual coming of age of a young woman and her search for a place in the world. Largely cast with non-professional actors, staged with tenderness and unafraid of breaking taboos, Hafsia Herzi succeeds in creating an instant classic of queer cinema in the tradition of Abdellatif Kechiche's "Blue is a Warm Color", Céline Sciamma's "Portrait of a Woman on Fire" and Barry Jenkins' "Moonlight". In her first role in front of the camera, Nadia Melliti makes a brilliant start to her acting career with her powerfully restrained performance. She was awarded the prize for best actress in Cannes. The film also won the Queer Palm." (Alamode)