After its successful start at the DOK Leipzig, our moving documentary mySELFie will now be screened at the 14th DOK Leipzig. Vox Feminae Festival in Zagreb. The Vox Feminae is an international festival that has been held annually in Zagreb, Croatia, since 2007. Due to the Corona crisis, the film contributions are streamed from 5 May to 23 May. Our production mySELFie can be seen online in the programme from 11 May.

Vox Feminae aims to promote and increase the visibility of women's artistic achievements through the international competition film programme, exhibitions and performances as well as through workshops and educational content. There are no genre restrictions and the themes range from gender equality and success stories or portraits of female protagonists, to non-stereotypical gender roles and relationships, as well as feminist and LGBTIQ issues.

Our documentary tells the story of Maya, who has been living with Alopecia Areata (circular hair loss) since she was 12 years old. However, it is not primarily about her disease, the documentary rather shows a special perspective on growing up in the present time. The camera observes sensitively, gets very close to Maya and the people around her without being voyeuristic. mySELFie is a documentary film that observes the levels of self-perception and external perception on which Maya and her friends move. A coming-of-age film that portrays Maya's individual destiny and the confrontation of a generation with itself.

Author and director of mySELFie is Anne Scheschonk. It is therefore also an encouragement for women and girls in the male-dominated film industry to become creative, whether as a director, camerawoman, producer, etc. This is one of the reasons why we are happy to be part of this festival with mySELFie, even though due to the current circumstances Corona is only able to provide it via online transmission. Under the following link you can stream the films and follow the festival: https://voxfeminae.net/festival/

Further information and news about "mySELFie" will of course be published via our News Section , Instagram or at Facebook.