Girls Don't Fly
2016, English. Directed by Monika Grassl.
An airstrip, a hangar and a classroom somewhere in rural Ghana: This is the place where 18-year-old Lydia and 20-year-old Esther hope to achieve their dream: learning how to fly. They have joined the first aviation school for girls in West Africa. There, an ambitious Englishman wants to train young women from rural areas to become pilots. Yet, during training and everyday life at the Aviation Academy Western ideals collide with African values, and the girls gradually realize, that their dream of flying comes at a price.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 20 January 2016
- Country
- Austria, Germany
- Written by
- Monika Grassl
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Girls Don't Fly isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 January 2016. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Girls Don't Fly?
Girls Don't Fly (2016) was directed by Monika Grassl.