Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy revealed her latest animated film Sitara: Let Girls Dream, which opened in theaters in New York on September 23rd, 2019.
Written and directed by Sharmeen, Sitara: Let Girls Dream takes the audience on a journey through the old city of Lahore where a 14-year old girl, Pari, dreams of becoming a pilot.
Her story is told through the perspective of her six-year-old sister Mehr, who is unaware of the traditions and barriers that lay in the path of women from her family.
It is a story about the burdens of a family and the impact of a culture where girls are still struggling to fully realise their dreams. Sitara is a silent film with no dialogue, which embodies this struggle.
“Young girls everywhere still face considerable hurdles in achieving their dreams. Sitara embodies that struggle, it is a story of Pari, a young girl who dreams of becoming a pilot and is robbed of it.”
“For me, Sitara is more than a film, it is a movement that we want to start across the world, that encourages parents to invest in their girls’ dreams, encouraging them to free their girls from the burdens of early marriage,” said Obaid-Chinoy.
