---
title: 'Sonita (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami'
released: '2016-05-26'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Iran'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sonita-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5278928/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sonita (2016)

2016 · 90 min · Documentary, History · Iran, Germany, Switzerland, United States


## Synopsis

Sonita is a 2015 documentary film about Sonita Alizadeh, a 15-year-old Afghan rapper and refugee living in Tehran. The film was directed by Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami and premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the festival's World Documentary Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami](https://cinepixo.com/people/rokhsareh-ghaemmaghami)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Moritz Denis](https://cinepixo.com/people/moritz-denis)
- **Producer:** [Kerstin Krieg](https://cinepixo.com/people/kerstin-krieg), [Gerd Haag](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerd-haag)
- **Director of Photography:** [Behrouz Badrouj](https://cinepixo.com/people/behrouz-badrouj), [Ali Mohammad Ghasemi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ali-mohammad-ghasemi), [Mohammad Haddadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohammad-haddadi), [Arastoo Givi](https://cinepixo.com/people/arastoo-givi), [Torben Bernard](https://cinepixo.com/people/torben-bernard), [Parviz Arefi](https://cinepixo.com/people/parviz-arefi), [Ala Mohseni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ala-mohseni)
- **Editor:** [Rune Schweitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rune-schweitzer)

## Cast

- [Sonita Alizadeh](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonita-alizadeh) as self

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Official site: http://www.wmm.com/sonita/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sonita-2016
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