Filmstill "Sisterqueens"
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Pitch: Sisterqueens

Oct 15, 2024, 10.00 AM @ Festival Center D'24

Event language: English

Over a period of four transformative years, Jamila (9), Rachel (11), and Faseeha (12) from the Sisterqueens rap crew challenge societal norms, confront biases, and battle gender expectations. The inseparable best friends, who live in the heart of Berlin, raise poignant questions about the complexities of self-determination, identity, and the pursuit of equality. Faseeha confronts the limits of artistic expression, Rachel ponders what self-empowerment means to her, and Jamila questions the role of the police. Amid their contemplative reflections, the three girls craft rap verses that skillfully disrupt conventions, redefining feminism one verse at a time.

Impact goals

  • Have three politicians commit to putting funding for adolescent cultural institutions (back) on the agenda.
  • Use our social media channel to create a platform for young girls, women, and FLINTA communities to empower each other and drive local change on a societal as well as political level.
  • Put on 5+ special film screenings to obtain support and provide maintenance for social youth institutions that encourage critical thinking and self-determination.

To achieve this, we would like to....

  • organize a funding and impact cinema tour with 100 screenings;
  • launch creative writing empowerment workshops to accompany the cinema tour;
  • develop a toolkit for our empowerment workshops and DIY screenings; and
  • find partners who can mobilize, co-create, and/or fund transgenerational screenings and workshops with us, such as NGOs, foundations, and educational institutions, as well as creatives, musicians, artists, or simply rap fans and feminists.

At The Good Media Pitch, we are looking for…

  • politicians who will commit to fighting to support and preserving youth centres, 
  • funding for the impact cinema tour,
  • amplification for our film and our cause, and
  • energetic supporters and community builders.

Program Info

Pitch

Guests

Clara Stella Hüneke

Clara Stella Hüneke studied video art and made her bachelor's documentary 'Parko' in Athens in 2015, about a squatted car park. She worked as a junior producer at Vice until she started studying directing at the Film Academy in 2018. Her animated film 'Auf bald, deine Clara' was screened at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and many other festivals. Sisterqueens' is her graduation film and the opening film of the documentary section.

Ida Hausdorf

Ida Hausdorf is a freelance social media manager, editor, and impact strategist. Her multifaceted studies in psychology and communication (BA) and television and cross-media culture (MA) make her an all-rounder in digital communication strategies and social media storytelling. In her work on projects like the award-winning Instagram profile IchbinSophieScholl and the climate justice campaign ‘Not Just Celsius’, she focuses on the intersection of digital narration.

Moderation

Anna Ramskogler-Witt

Anna Ramskogler-Witt began her career in the film industry in 2006 at Vienna's Pool Film Distribution, where she set up the education programme. Since the beginning of her career, she has been convinced that documentaries can achieve a longer life and a larger audience through an impact approach. From 2019 - 2023 she served as Artistic Director of the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin. Together with Vivian Schröder, she founded The Good Media Network in 2024 and serves as the Artistic Director.
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