Top #4 Audience Favourite - Hot Docs Festival 2026
In a rural Turkish village where tradition still imposes strict boundaries between men’s and women’s roles, Halime has little interest in staying on her side of them. In 32 Meters, director Morteza Atabaki follows her determined effort to organize a women’s shooting competition—an idea many in the community greet with disbelief. Halime and her close friend Gönül work at the local gun factory and have already begun practising together, fielding skeptical remarks from their husbands and other men who insist shooting isn’t appropriate for women. Atabaki quietly observes these conversations, which reveal how deeply ingrained gender expectations continue to shape daily life in the village. Halime meets the resistance with dry humour and stubborn resolve, gradually encouraging others to take part. As plans for the competition move forward, the film becomes a heartwarming and gently defiant portrait of a woman determined to carve out space beyond the limits set for her—and to rally other women to do the same. Carmen Thompson, Hot Docs
In Turkish, with English subtitles.
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