SISTERS ACT
SYNOPSIS
Sisters Act follows fearless religious sisters based in Italy who have formed an international network, Talitha Kum, to fight sexual slavery, counterbalancing the dark and abusive trafficking-rings who exploit women internationally. In parallel, Diane Schmidt, the European anti-trafficking commissioner coordinates an investigation into the Nigerian criminal network 'Black Axe'. The film highlights two different approaches which are led by women aiming to end sexual slavery.
FEATURE FILM
FRANCE, SWITZERLAND
80 minutes
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PRODUCTION :
DEA GJINOVCI
GRETA DE LAZZARIS
CHACHI HAUSER
IVAN MADEO (CONTRAST)
DIRECTED BY
DEA GJINOVCI
Dea Gjinovci is a Swiss-Albanian director and producer based in Paris. Her short documentary 'Sans le Kosovo' won the prize for best national film at Dokufest in 2017. She received support from the Sundance Film Institute to direct her first documentary feature 'Wake-up on Mars' co-produced by Radio Télévision Suisse with the participation of France Télévisions, and won the Perspectives d'un doc pitch prize at Visions du Réel 2018. ‘Awakening to Mars’ had its world premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and at Visions du Réel 2020 in Switzerland, and at more than forty festivals around the world.
