Elaha Berlinale premiere

The feature film ELAHA starring WAWA member Derya Durmaz is premiering at this year’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino at the Berlinale. ELAHA by Milena Aboyan focuses on female perspectives and restrictive gender constructs through the story of a German-Kurdish woman protagonist.

“Elaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?” 

Please find info about screening dates at Elaha Programme

Source: Berlinale. “Elaha”. Website.