By Carlotta Piccinini

A Search for Love

Sereti Nabaala is a young and tireless activist fighting for the rights of Masai women in Kenya. A survivor of female genital mutilation, which she underwent at the age of twelve, she carries within her the pain of broken intimacy and a self-love yet to be fulfilled. 

She decides to travel to Europe to explore the possibility of clitoral reconstruction, a political act, but also a deeply personal quest, in pursuit of healing and reclaiming her body on her own terms. 

Her encounter with Michela Villani, a Swiss sociologist and expert in gender and sexuality who is herself on a journey of recovery from trauma, ignites a dialogue about the body as a space of freedom, pleasure as an act of resistance, love as action, and care as revolution.

Countries : Kenya, Switzerland
Original languages : Swahili, English, French, Swiss German, Italian
Director
Carlotta Piccinini (Italy)
Producers
Olga Torrico (Italy)
Esther van Messel (Switzerland)
Impact Producer
Danika Bobst (Switzerland)
Duration
52’ / 90’
Production status
In production
Completion
February 2027