‘Les Hijabeuses’ Wins 2025 Action Grant From Breaking Through The Lens (EXCLUSIVE)

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Abigail Lee The documentary “Les Hijabeuses” has won the 2025 Action Grant from Breaking Through The Lens, a nonprofit that focuses on using financing to address gender inequity in the film industry.

The UK film, which is the second winner since the grant program began, receives 10,000 Euros. “Les Hijabeuses” chronicles a group of Muslim women soccer players in Paris advocating for their place in the game in the face of discrimination.

Erin Sayder and Rita Baghdadi are the film’s co-directors and producers, and Camilla Hall serves as executive producer. “I am over the moon to have received this grant from such a trailblazing and important organisation.

It has given me an enormous boost of energy, inspiration and confidence. This support will be crucial in our telling of this captivating and eye-opening story, at a time that feels particularly relevant,” Sayder said in a statement. “The funding will allow our production team the opportunity to film in Paris as the collective gets updates on their EU court case, and continues their next football season.