Selah is a young girl born into an alternative religion known as the Flock. The members of the Flock – all women and female children – live in a rural compound, and are led by one man, known only as the Shepherd. Selah, who is on the cusp of teenage-hood, is an incredibly devoted follower, but begins to bond with Sarah, an outcast wife who has grown skeptical of the Shepherd's teachings. Selah is given the great honor of participating in the sacred ritual of the birthing of the lambs –upon which they depend for survival– where she has a shocking and transformative experience. She begins to have strange visions that make her question her own reality, and everything the Shepherd has taught her and her sisters.
Małgorzata Szumowska (Cracow, Poland. 1973) debuted behind the camera with Szczesliwy czlowiek (Happy Man, 2000), nominated for the European Film Awards in the European Discovery category. In 2004 her film Ono was presented at the Sundance Festival and with 33 sceny z zycia (33 Scenes from Life, 2008), included by the San Sebastian Festival in its Eastern Promises retrospective (2014), she received the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Festival. She later directed Elles (2011), and W imie... (In the Name Of, 2013), winner of the Teddy Award at the Berlin Festival. In 2015, the German event gave her the Best Director Silver Bear for Cialo (Body) and in 2018 distinguished Twarz (Mug) with the Jury Grand Prix. In 2014 she was a member of the New Directors Jury at San Sebastian.