Dates and Times
Tuesday, 26 March, 2019, 7.30pm
Thursday, 4 April, 2019, 7.30pm
Wednesday, 10 April, 2019 – 7.30pm
Saturday, 13 April, 2019, 8.30pm
Saturday,20 April, 2019, 8.30pm

Venue: Spazju Kreattiv Cinema
Price: €7 / €6 (Cinema Club Members)

The feature filmmaking debut from writer-director Lukas Dhont, GIRL is an extraordinarily moving coming-of-age tale about identity and the journey to becoming who you’re meant to be.

Determined 15-year-old Lara (an astonishing performance from newcomer Victor Polster) is a young woman who is fiercely committed to becoming a professional ballerina. She throws herself into this quest at a new school, but finds the usual frustrations and challenges of adolescence are heightened as her body does not bend to easily to the strict ballet discipline because she was born a boy.

Though supported by her family, Lara’s adolescent frustrations and impatience are heightened as she prepares for gender reassignment surgery, pushing her body to its limits. Based on empowering real-life experiences, the award-winning GIRL is a powerful and sensitively told story about the nuances of growing up transgender and the struggle that can motivate or define that process.

Awards:

Camera d’Or for best first feature and Queer Palm at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
London Film Festival’s First Feature Competition Winner 2018
European Film Awards Winner: European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI 2018