Girls for Tomorrow
Girl, woman, student, activist, friend, mother, daughter, traveler — four protagonists and nearly infinite identities. They studied in New York, and over the course of a decade the director captures their coming of age, crafting a hopeful portrait of sisterhood, identity, and the fight for the future.
How do young women shape their own narratives in times of political turmoil? Evy, Lila, Anta and Talia study at Barnard College, a women’s liberal arts college in Manhattan with a history of activism. The four women, who are of diverse backgrounds, find solidarity in separate but interconnected struggles on campus, and beyond graduation as they seek their own paths to continue advocating for change.
For ten years, director Nora Phillipe followed them with her camera. Over that time, their lives transformed many times, and these are stories in which we can see our own reflections. Personal and societal experiences intertwine: the protagonists explore their identities while navigating an uncertain world amid the deepening political darkness in the United States. Phillipe captures their intimate reflections, creating a growing cinematic archive of the future—a sisterly community of support. At the same time, she seeks new forms of expression as a mother, striving to inspire hope in the next generations.
Screening with audio description.
After the screening there will be a meeting with the producer Estelle Robin You.
Nora Philippe
Nora Philippe is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producer, curator, and the director of EURODOC. A graduate of prestigious École Normale Supérieure of Lyon, she holds a MA from Université Paris-1 in Art History, and a Professional Film Studies MA from Université Paris-7. She has also studied Cultural Institutions Management & Museology at NYU (Graduate School for Arts & Science) and Ecole du Louvre, and was a guest researcher at CNRS (National research Center) and a fellow at Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination in 2019-2020. Nora has curated from 2016 to 2021 an annual original film series for Columbia University (NYC and Paris). She has taught filmmaking at the École des arts décoratifs de Paris for a decade and Inclusion and diversity in the Film Industry at SciencesPo Lille. She runs mentoring programs and workshops for emerging directors, woman-identifying filmmakers and marginalized communities. Since March 2022, Nora serves as the Director of EURODOC, leading European training lab for documentary producers from worldwide: she sets the overall vision of the organization and oversees the pedagogical orientations of its international programs (European, French, Caribbean, BIPOC…). She has served as an expert in multiple festival jurys and fund committees (FIFDH, IDFA, RIDM, CPH:DOX, Unifrance, LaScam, CNC…).
Director: Nora Philippe
Producer(s): Estelle Robin You
Production: Grande Ourse Films
Language: English, French
Subtitles: Polish, English
