What’s it like to be a girl in today’s world? Six teenagers in six countries – South Korea, Germany, Tanzania, the UK, Serbia and Chile – long for freedom and self-determination, want to fall in love and have power over their own bodies.

They make their decisions in complicated situations, deal with puberty crises and bravely stand up to restrictions and brutal traditions, against societal pressures, beauty mania and prejudices. They are young and happening despite everything.

In English, Spanish, German, Serbian and Korean with subtitles in Latvian and English.

Director Sigrid Klausmann has been making documentaries for young people her entire life. Girls Don’t Cry is the last film of her career, and with it she wished to increase the independence and self-resilience of girls. The film’s creation was inspired by the birth of the director’s first granddaughter.