CFF: Rocket Girl

For her empowering documentary, Polish-American filmmaker Agnes Swiercz zooms in on Eleni – a young girl who, like countless women including the director herself, was told she would never be 'as good' as her male counterparts.

Eleni pursues her passion of building rockets under the affectionate gaze of Swiercz’s camera, this one-of-a-kind portrait of girlhood within the male-dominated domain of Aerospace engineering.

We can learn a lot from Eleni's perseverance and commitment to being great. Sometimes even the sky itself isn’t the limit.

The Cambridge Film Festival is presented by the Cambridge Film Trust, a registered charity widening access to cinema and supporting emerging talent through film, education and community programmes.