Moon
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?
Film Credits
Original Title: Mond
Original Language: English, German, Arabic
Production Countries: Austria
Duration: 92 min.
Written & directed by: Kurdwin Ayub
Produced by: Ulrich Seidl
Cinematography: Klemens Hufnagl
Editing: Roland Stöttinger
Production Design: Julia Libiseller
Costume Design: Carola Pizzini
Sound: David Almeida-Ribeiro, Matz Müller, Luise Hofmann, Frederik Thomsen
Visual Effects: Klaus Krall, Michael Krocan
Casting: Ulrike Putzer
Cast: Florentina Holzinger (Sarah)
About the director
Kurdwin Ayub, born in 1990 in Iraq, is a director, screenwriter, and artist. She studied painting and animated film at the University of Applied Arts as well as performative arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Since 2010, her performative works, animated films, music videos, as well as documentary and feature films in both short and long formats, have been presented at numerous film festivals and exhibitions worldwide and have received many awards. Her first feature-length film, the documentary "PARADISE! PARADISE!", in which Ayub directed, wrote the screenplay, and handled the cinematography, was shown at international film festivals and received awards including the New Waves Non-Fiction Award at the Seville European Film Festival 2016 and the Carte Blanche Nachwuchspreis at the Duisburg Film Week 2016. Her first fiction feature film "SONNE" premiered in 2022 in the Encounters competition section at the Berlinale and was awarded the Best First Feature Award. Additionally, the film was nominated for the European Discovery Award at the 35th European Film Awards. Her second fiction feature film "MOON," starring Florentina Holzinger and Andria Tayeh in the lead roles, had its world premiere in 2024 in the competition at the Locarno Film Festival and was awarded the Special Jury Prize.
It’s all about sisters, no matter where they come from and about cages, no matter where they are. Cages you want to leave and those you wish you could return to. (Kurdwin Ayub)