»I didn‘t want to fit into any genre, I just wanted to present a period of time from my childhood. For me this was a time full of sensuality.«
– Céline Sciamma

There is definitely something boyish about ten-year-old Laure. She has recently moved to a new area with her parents and her little sister, Jeanne. It‘s summertime and all the other neighborhood children are playing outside – only Laure is alone, for she knows nobody of her own age. But then, one day, she meets Lisa, a girl who is exactly the same age. Laure allows her new acquaintance to believe that she is a boy. Laure becomes Mikaël, and, no sooner has she brought about this »transformation« than she begins playing with all the other neighbourhood children. As time passes, Laure‘s relationship to Lisa becomes increasingly close, making the ambiguity of her situation ever more complicated.
This extremely likeable film was an audience highlight of this year‘s Berlin Film Festival and won the Jury prize of the Teddy Awards.

Awards for ›Tomboy‹
Preis der Jury, Teddy Awards, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 2011