River Dreams (Austrian premiere!)

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River Dreams *** Berlinale Ecumenial Jury Award / Austrian premiere! *** KZT, 2026, 98 min, Kazach, Russian, Chechen with English subtitles Directed by: Kristina Mikhailova Along a Kazakh river, womxn speak about love, rage, and survival. Their voices cut through water and silence, turning scars into resistance. Tenderness becomes defiance. Kristina Mikhailova asks womxn and girls to imagine themselves as a river. Village girls, young city dwellers, LGBTIQ+ activists, a headmistress singing the praises of gender-conformist education, womxn in prison, students with dreams of emigrating, as well