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'It is not a show-off to show you are a woman! To own a face you can show to the world without fear, to have a little confidence in your own existence!' Samira Makhmalbaf

'After the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, girls are once again allowed to go to school. But Noqreh's conservative father maintains his belief that girls should not be educated, although he concedes enough to allow her to attend Koran school. Each morning she pretends to honour his wishes, but after he drops her off she changes her slippers for high-heeled shoes and heads for the newly-opened secular school. There, girls learn self-respect along with everything else. In a class on politics, Noqreh begins to voice her dream of becoming president of her country, taking former Pakistani president Benazir Bhutto as her inspiration... The title of the film was inspired by a poem by Federico Garcia Lorca.' Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Ages 18+