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Bozar is pleased to present Mond by Iraqi director, screenwriter, and artist Kurdwin Ayub as part of our series Our Burning World: Echoes of Equality. Kurdwin Ayub crafts a complex narrative shaped by her experiences and dual Middle Eastern and Western cultures. The film is powerful, infused with dark humor, and centers on women’s resilience and emancipation.
Former martial artist Sarah leaves Austria to train three sisters from a wealthy family in the Middle East. What sounds initially like a dream job soon becomes unsettling: the young women are cut off from the outside world and under constant surveillance. Sport doesn’t seem to interest them. So why has Sarah been hired?
Kurdwin Ayub, born in 1990 in Iraq, studied painting and animated film at the University of Applied Arts and performative arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Her debut feature, the documentary Paradise! Paradise! won awards in international festivals. Her first fiction feature, Sonne (Sun), debuted in 2022 at Berlinale’s Encounters section, winning the Best First Feature Award. Her second fiction film, Mond (Moon) received the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival in 2024.