6 minutes 56 seconds
Kyrgyzstan
2025

Because I Am a Girl is a short animated documentary created with teenage girls in Kyrgyzstan.
Through personal reflections, the girls speak about everyday expectations and social roles they grow up with.
The film listens carefully to how these norms are expressed, repeated, and accepted as ordinary parts of life.

Director: Sayazhan Ispolganova, Alisa Tyan, Rosita Keneshova, Fatima Chorobekova, Alina Alybekova, Dariya Murzulukova, Aiana Baimuratova
Producer: Asel Zhuraeva
Curator: Dante Rustav