LIFT LIKE A GIRL

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  • Director: Mayye Zayed
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Duration: 92'
  • Year of production: 2020
  • Country: Egypt
A coming-of-age story about Zebiba; a young Egyptian girl who wants to be a world champion weightlifter. With the help of her coach Captain Ramadan, she tries to pursue this unusual dream against all odds, training each day in a dusty training yard, nestled amongst the streets of Alexandria.

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Mayye Zayed

Film director, producer, director of photography and editor. In 2013 she co-directed, co-produced and co-shot the collaborative feature The Mice Room with 5 other filmmakers. She also made the award winning short A Stroll Down Sunflower Lane (Berlinale 2016, AFI Fest 2016, Best Experimental Film at Sharjah Film Platform 2019). During the period (2013-2019),she co-founded and Worked in Rufy's Films.