Weiße Witwe

Throughout Europe, terrified men hide from the queen's knights. One day, she receives a carpet from the German-speaking lands as a gift. An old white man unrolls it. He volunteers to spend the night with the queen to save his race.

Like Scheherazade of old, he tells a story:

The White Widow lives in the year 2004 and is so enamored with Islam that she wants to be its best follower and kills all non-believers. Aliah sees herself reflected in the White Widow. Lustfully murdering, she dances her way through the adventure of this erotic tale until the old white man is too tired. He wants to continue the story the next night, but will he survive until then?

Kurdwin Ayub, born in Iraq in 1990, is a director, screenwriter, and artist. She studied painting and animation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and performance art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Ayub's first feature film, SUN, premiered at the 2022 Berlinale and won several awards, including Best First Feature. Her second feature film, MOON, starring Florentina Holzinger, premiered in competition at the 2024 Locarno Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize.

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