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The film "Million Dollar Baby" tells the story of a female boxer, who is determined to work her way out of a weak social environment and eventually pays the price with her life. The film deals not as much with her boxing achievements as with her strength, passion and her willpower to assert herself in a predominantly male domain. In the district of Weimar West, a social hotspot in Weimar, the Weimar Boxing Club is located. Tanja, Nathalie and Altinay are girls between fourteen and seventeen years old, seemingly normal teenagers who meet for boxing. The documentary film Lucky Punch was produced as a book and accompanies the three girls on their way to adulthood and deals with a male sport and their participation in it. The portraits illuminate the social background, their friendship and their shared passion for boxing.

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Alina Cyranek completed her double master in Media Art at the Bauhaus University Weimar andthe Tongji University Shanghai focusing on documentary film. Her films have been shown and awarded across the world atinternational film festivals as well as at art exhibitions.

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