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On a Sunday at Eleven

Sonntags um Elf
Generation Kplus 2025
© Frontgirl Films
Seven-year-old Angel performs her Sunday rituals. She goes to a make-up store teeming with products that promote Eurocentric beauty and then attends ballet class where she stands out as the only Black girl. Feeling excluded, she escapes into a dream world in which the Black women in her life dance around her as ballerinas with elaborate Black hairstyles. Angel is embraced by the elders in her church community, a place where she always feels loved and accepted. The film is an unapologetic celebration of Black hair and the powerful ancestral bond embedded in Black women that transcends the physical world.
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by Alicia K. Harris (Director, Screenplay)
with Zoe Peak, Amia Ogieva, Samaya Hodge, Jasmine Best, Malea Yarde, Valérie Carrier Canada 2024 English 9' Colour International premiere | Short Film recommendation: 9 years and up

With

  • Zoe Peak (Angel)
  • Amia Ogieva (Mother)
  • Samaya Hodge (Ballerina / Erykah)
  • Jasmine Best (Ballerina / Serena)
  • Malea Yarde (Ballerina / Lauryn)
  • Valérie Carrier (Ballet Teacher)

Crew

Director Alicia K. Harris
Screenplay Alicia K. Harris
Cinematography Jeremy Cox
Editing Ashley Gilmour
Sound Design Paul Lucien Col
Production Design Nicole Simmons
Producers Jeff Chiu, Hayley Brown
Co-Producers Ollie Coombs, Silvio Passaro

Produced by

Frontgirl Films

OPC

Photos

Alicia K. Harris

© Roya Del Sol

The filmmaker is from Scarborough, Canada. She is best known for her short film Pick which won Best Live Action Short Drama at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards. On a Sunday at Eleven premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Her work is dedicated to celebrating the Black experience with a focus on authenticity, beauty and spirituality.

Filmography

2016 Love Stinks; short film · Maybe if It Were a Nice Room; short film 2019 Pick; short film 2021 Only Light Will Touch Us; short film 2023 Black Life: Untold Stories; series, 1 episode 2024 Beyond Black Beauty; series, 5 episodes · On a Sunday at Eleven; short film

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025