What Walaa Wants
- February 17, 2018 (2018-02-17) (Berlin)
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What Walaa Wants is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Christy Garland and released in 2018.[1] The film profiles Walaa Khaled Fawzy Tanji, a rebellious young woman who is pursuing a dream of becoming one of the very few female officers with the Palestinian National Security Forces.[1]
Awards and nominations
In December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[2] It won the festival's Special Jury Prize in the Canadian Feature Documentary category.
The director was also nominated for both the Crystal Bear for "Generation 14+ - Best Film" and Glasshütte Original Documentary Award during the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival. Director was also nominated for the Audience Award during the 2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival.[3]
The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, Garland received a nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary, and Michael Aaglund and Graeme Ring received nominations for Best Editing in a Documentary.[4]
The film was produced by Christy Garland, Justine Pimlott and Anne Köhncke.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Berlin Film Review: ‘What Walaa Wants’". Variety, March 15, 2018.
- ^ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, December 5, 2018.
- ^ - IMDb.com: What Walaa Wants (2018) - Awards
- ^ "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.
- ^ "Anne Köhncke". IMDb.
External links
- What Walaa Wants at IMDb
- Co-producer Final Cut for Real on What Walaa Wants
- Watch What Walaa Wants on the NFB website
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