Smiling in a Warzone

Artist, pilot and filmmaker Simone Aaberg Kærn has been obsessed with female fighter pilots since she was little.When she hears about a young Afghan girl,Farial, whose dream is to become a fighter pilot,Simone decides to launch a remarkable art project.Buying the nly plane she can afford – a tiny 40-year old Piper- Colt made out of canvas, that needs gas every three hours – she maps out a 6000 km flight plan from Denmark to Afghanistan. Her journey requires flying through a number of former war zones with heavily restricted airspace. Challenging every military authority she comes across, and in a truly remarkable scene,even defying the American military’s refusal to allow her entry into Afghanistan, she flies illegally to her meeting with Farial.Archival footage of female fighter pilots from World War II and creative digressions to other flying heroines turn this travelogue into a tribute to all flying women and the freedom of the sky.