LITTLE GIRL // PETITE FILLE
Director: Sébastien Lifshitz
Sasha is an eight-year-old French girl who loves ballet, playing with her siblings and trying out her colorful dresses. But according to her social number, Sasha is not a girl but a boy. Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz.
CONTACT
DENMARK
Final Cut for Real – Producer Monica Hellström
monica@final-cut.dk - +45 26270275
PRESS & PUBLICITY:
MK2
WORLD SALES
MK2
AWARDS
FESTIVALS
Berlinale 2020, Germany - 3d place of the Panorama Audience award for Best Documentary Film
Gent Film Festival, Belgium - Grand Prix for Best Film
Chicago International Film Festival, USA - Silver Hugo award
Osnabrück FilmFest, Germany - Award for Children’s Rights
Seville European Film Festival, Spain - New Waves-Non Fiction Best Film Award (Ex Aequo) + Ocaña Award (LGBTQI Film Award)
Saint Petersburg Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival, Russia - Best Documentary Award
BIG - Bari International Gender Film Festival, Italy - Best Feature Film
Festival du Film et Forum International sur les Droits Humains, Genève, Switzerland - Prix du Jury Artopie, Meilleur Film
Ljubljana Documentary Film Festival, Slovenia - Main Prize, Human Rights competition
Seattle International Film Festival, USA - Grand Jury Award + the FIPRESCI Award, Official competition
Festival Imagésanté, Belgium - Prix de la santé mentale positive, International competition
Budapest International Documentary Film Festival, Hungary - Main Award in the section Empire of Love & Senior Jury Award, International competition
Zinegoak, Bilbao International LGTB Film Festival, Spain - Honorary Award for Sébastien Lifshitz's career
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, Canada - Audience award for Best Documentary Feature
Festival In & Out (Nice & Cannes), France - Audience Award
Inconvenient Films, International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Lithuania - Audience Award
Everybody's Perfect, Geneva International Queer Film Festival, Switzerland - Perfect Award from the audience
MixBrasil Festival of Diversity, Brazil - Audience award for best international film
RIDM Montréal, Canada - People's Choice Award, Devenir soi-même
Rendez Vous with French Cinema, New-York USA - Audience Award
CPH:DOX 2020, Denmark
Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey
Endinburgh International film Festival, UK
Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist, Ukraine
Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Poland
Seoul International Women's Film Festival, South Korea
Queer Lisboa - International Queer Film Festival, Portugal
One International Women's Film Festival, China
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Luststreifen Film Festival Basel, Switzerland
Bogota International Film Festival, Colombia
Vladivostok International Film Festival PACIFIC MERIDIAN, Russia
SILBERSALZ International Science, Film and Media Festival, Germany
Queerfimfest Rostock, Germany
FIFF Tübingen Stuttgart, Germany
Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
Queer Film Festival Mezipatra, Czech Republic
Free Zone Film Festival, Serbia
PinkPanorama FF, Switzerland
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany
European Film Festival of Segovia, Spain
Filmmaker Festival in Milan, Italy
AFI European Union Film Showcase, USA
Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel
Cine Doc, Switzerland
International Film Festival of India, Goa, India
Ciné Fierté, Canada
Panorama of the European Film, Egypt
Spring Film Festival - Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro
Screenwave International Film Festival, Australia
Sacramento French Film Festival, FRENCH FILM FRIDAY SERIES, USA
International Human Rights Film Festival, Argentina
Lovers FF - Torino LGBTQ Film Festival, Italy
PRODUCTION FACTS
Duration: 86 min
Release: Berlin Film Festival 2020
Language: French, uk subs
Director Sébastien Lifshitz
Producer Muriel Meynard
Co-producer Monica Hellström
Supported by
ARTE
CNC
Danish Film Institute
DR
Danish premiere - cph:dox 2020