Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl) is a 2019 British documentary short film directed by Carol Dysinger and produced by Elena Andreicheva.^[1] It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 92nd Academy Awards.^[2]

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone
Film poster
Directed by	Carol Dysinger
Cinematography	Lisa Rinzler
Edited by	Mary Manhardt
Music by	Sasha Gordon
Animation by	Fleur Davisz Simon Tubbs
Release date	28 April 2019 (2019-04-28)
Running time	39 minutes
Country	United Kingdom

Summary

The film is about Skateistan, a nonprofit organization, which started as a skate school in 2007 for girls from impoverished neighborhoods learning to read, write, and skateboard in Kabul, Afghanistan, where young women are not allowed to participate in sporting activities.^[3][4]

Awards

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2020[5]	Best Documentary Feature (Short Subject)	Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)	Won[6][2]

BAFTA

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2020	Best British Short Film	Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)	Won

See also

• 2019 in film
• Culture of Afghanistan
• Skateboarding