Veiled Ambition

Cultures and couture collide when Frida, a feisty Lebanese Muslim woman from Melbourne, chases her dream of creating a fashion empire.

Frida is a young Lebanese woman with a thick Aussie accent and a dream of creating her own fashion empire. When she wins $4000 in a radio competition, Frida opens a shop in Sydney Road Coburg, hoping to create a fashion Mecca for Islamic women.

But business in burkas is slow. With creditors knocking at her door, Frida ditches the slow selling hijabs to make room for a glamorous range of Hollywood styled gowns. With passion, humour and relentless stamina this " little aussie battler in a scarf" negotiates a long distance romance and the dramas that ensue when couture and cultures collide.

"Should be required viewing in every Australian School. The film interrogates notions of citizenship and national identity, and a questing desire for personal authenticity."
The Weekend Australian

• Veiled Ambition Study Guide (PDF)
• Sassy Boutique - Frida's Shop (LINK)
• Islamic Council of Victoria (LINK)
• Moreland City Council (LINK)

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• Writer and Director
  Celeste Geer

  Producer
  Jeni McMahon

  Camera
  David Batty

  Editor
  Sioux Currie

  Composer
  Patrick Robertson

  Associate Director
  David Batty

  Additional Camera
  Celeste Geer
  Jenni Meany
  Claudia Rowe

• Sound Recordists
  David Batty
  Celeste Geer
  Jeni McMahon

  Narrator
  Leah Vandenberg

  Narration Script
  Celeste Geer
  Jeni McMahon

  Post Production Assistant
  Frank Batty

  Sound Post Production
  Tristan Meredith

  Video Post
  Complete Post

  Online Editor
  Chris Ward