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Rita Baghdadi
US LE 2022 56' 79'
⚬ Arts & Culture ⚬ Music ⚬ Queer
On the outskirts of Beirut, Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.
Director | Rita Baghdadi |
Producers | Rita Baghdadi, Camilla Hall |
Co-Producers | Tatiana el Dahdah, Jeremiah Hammerling, Jennifer Tiexiera |
Executive Producers | Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Natasha Lyonne, Maya Rudolph |
Production Companies | Animal Pictures, Lady & Bird, Endless Eye |
Cinematography | Rita Baghdadi |
Editor | Grace Zahrah |
Music | Para One |
Sound | Zach Seivers |
Special Mention Mermaid Award | Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2022 |
One In A Million Documentary Award | Sun Valley Film Festival 2022 |
Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Documentary Feature | Outfest 2022 |
Grand Prize | Jecheon International Music & Film Festival 2022 |
Best Sound Editing | Social Impact Media Awards 2023 |
Young Jury Award | Rock This Town Festival 2023 |
Best Film | Zinegoak Film Festival 2023 |
Grand Prize Audience Award | Zinegoak Film Festival 2023 |
Sundance 2022 |
CPH:DOX 2022 |
BFI Flare 2022 |
Thessaloniki Documentary FF 2022 |
Hot Docs 2022 |
Sydney FF 2022 |
Krakow FF 2022 |
One World 2022 |
Filmfest München 2022 |
Guadalajara IFF 2022 |
Jecheon International Music and Film Festival 2022 |
Zurich FF 2022 |
Reeperbahn Festival 2022 |
Adelaiade FF 2022 |
La Roche-sur-Yon IFF 2022 |
| Runtimes | 56' 79' |
| Spoken Languages | Arabic, English |
| Production Countries | USA, Lebanon |
Rita Baghdadi is an award-winning, Moroccan-American documentary filmmaker. Her bold, character-driven work has been supported by Sundance, Tribeca, Netflix, HBO, Film Independent and the International Documentary Association. Rita got her start as a cinematographer, filming verité documentaries such as SERVED LIKE A GIRL, which The Hollywood Reporter recognized for its “unfussy intimacy.” Rita’s feature documentary directorial debut, MY COUNTRY NO MORE, was awarded Best Feature at the 2018 Big Sky Film Festival. The film was broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens and is now streaming on Amazon. Her documentary CITY RISING won the LA-area Emmy award for Best Social Issue Film and is being used as a tool for activism around housing inequality. Rita is the co-founder of Lady & Bird Films and is a member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia. When she is not in the field, she is an active mentor dedicated to empowering women and girls of color through documentary film training. Her latest feature documentary, SIRENS, is premiering in competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
