What Walaa Wants
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]
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| Directed by | Christy Garland |
| Produced by | Matt Code Christy Garland Anne Köhncke Justine Pimlott |
| Starring | Walaa Khaled Fawzy Tanji |
| Music by | Tom Third |
| Cinematography | Christy Garland Hanna Abu Saada |
| Edited by | Michael Aaglund Graeme Ring |
Production company | Murmur Media Final Cut for Real |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Canada Denmark |
| Language | Arabic |
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]
References
- "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.