Girls & Gods2025

Can feminism and religion coexist? "Girls & Gods" is a fearless journey spearheaded by Inna Shevchenko —the project’s author and initiator— to explore this very question. Once renowned for leading FEMEN’s protests against patriarchal power structures, Shevchenko now trades protest for dialogue, engaging priests, imams, rabbis, theologians, and fellow activists in candid conversations. Together, they confront the divide between women’s rights and religious tradition, asking if age-old faiths can embrace gender equality and whether feminism can find a place within sacred halls.

• Austria-Switzerland.
• Direction: Arash T. Riahi, Verena Soltiz.
• Production: Arash T. Riahi, Peter Drössler, Sabine Gruber, Rhea Plangg, Amel Soudani, Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka / Golden Girls Film, Amka Films Production, Wega Filmproduktions.
• Screenplay: Inna Shevchenko.
• Photography: Simone Hart, Anna Hawliczek.
• Music: Alicia Mendy, Baby Volcano, ANOHNI.
• Edition: Lisa Zoe Geretschläger, Elisabeth Pucar.