GIRLS & GODS
Austria, Switzerland 2025 – Director: Arash T. Riahi, Verena Soltiz – Original language: English, French, German, Russian – Subtitles: English – Length: 103 min.
Can feminism be religious – and religion feminist? FEMEN activist Inna Shevchenko critically examines whether feminist beliefs and monotheistic religions can be compatible with each other. Diverse voices contribute to an open debate that allows space for doubt, contradiction and new perspectives. Elena Lanzinger
With age rating: 12
Biography
Arash T. Riahi has lived in Austria since 1983, studied film and humanities and is co-founder of Golden Girls Filmproduktion. In addition to short films and commercials, he has made numerous television documentaries and three cinema documentaries, including EXILE FAMILY MOVIE, in which Riahi portrays his politically heterogeneous and geographically dispersed extended family. His work as a director and producer has been honoured with international awards.
Verena Soltiz works across genres as a director of documentaries, music videos and advertising films. She began her career as a director at ORF. Her commercials, music videos, TV visuals and documentaries have been honoured with the German Advertising Film Award and at the New York Film Festival, among others. Her first documentary film 1:1 - THIERRY HENRY premiered at the Tribeca Cinema in New York.
Filmography
Arash T. Riahi
EXILE FAMILY MOVIE, AT 2006, 93 min.
EVERYDAY REBELLION, AT 2013, 111 min.
KINDERS, AT 2016, 93 min.
Verena Soltiz
MOMENTUM: WHAT DRIVES YOU, AT 2009 (TV series)
1:1 – THIERRY HENRY, AT 2011, 51 min.
Writer: Inna Shevchenko. Camera: Simone Hart, Anna Hawliczek. Sound: Anna Maria Bühlmann, Barnaby Hall, Jan Gubser, Nadine Häusler, Claus Benischke-Lang, Eva Hausberger, Reihard Lehninger, Benjamin Simon. Editing: Lisa Zoe Geretschläger, Elisabeth Pucar. Music: Alicia Mendy, Baby Volcano, Anohni. Production: Golden Girls Film (AT) und AMKA Films Productions (CH). Producer: Arash T. Riahi, Peter Drössler, Rhea Plangg, Sarah Schiesser, Amel Soudani.
