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What Walaa Wants

Christy Garland
2018 | 89 min, 59 min
A MURMUR MEDIA, FINAL CUT FOR REAL, NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA CO-PRODUCTION

Selections and Awards

  • Official Selection – Generation 14+ ProgramBerlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany (2018)

  • Shortlisted Nominee – Glashütte Prize and Amnesty Film AwardBerlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany (2018)

  • Official SelectionTIFF CANADA’S TOP 10, Toronto, Canada (2018)

  • Nominated – Best Feature Length DocumentaryCanadian Screen Awards, Toronto, Canada (2019)

  • Nominated – Best Cinematography in a DocumentaryCanadian Screen Awards, Toronto, Canada (2019)

  • Nominated – Best Editing in a Feature DocumentaryCanadian Screen Awards, Toronto, Canada (2019)

  • Nominated – Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary DGC Awards, Toronto, Canada (2018)

  • Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto, Canada (2018)

  • WIFTV Award for Artistic Merit Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada (2018)

  • Hilal Best Feature Award Ajyal Film Festival – Doha Film Institute, Qatar (2018)

  • Margaret Mead Filmmaker AwardMargaret Mead Film Festival, AMNH, New York, USA (2018)

  • Best Documentary FeatureForest City Film Festival, London, Ontario, Canada (2018)

  • Opening Film – Official SelectionRIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival, Montreal, Canada (2018)

  • Official SelectionMelbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia (2018)

  • Official Selection, Best of Fests ProgrammeIDFA – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2018)

  • Official SelectionGöteborg Film Festival, Göteborg, Sweden (2018)


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Team


Christy Garland
Director / Producer (Murmur Media)


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Matt Code
Producer (Murmur Media)


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Anne Köhncke
Producer (Final Cut for Real)


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Signe Byrge Sørensen
Executive Producer (Final Cut for Real)


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Anita Lee
Executive Producer (NFB)


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Waël Kabbani
Executive Producer


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Penny Charter
Executive Producer


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Credits

PRINCIPAL CAST

Walaa Khaled Fawzy Tanji
Latifa Abu Draa

Director
Christy Garland

Editors
Michael Aaglund
Graeme Ring

Editing Consultants
Molly Malene Stensgaard
Janus Billeskov Jansen

Cinematography & Location Sound
Christy Garland

Producers
Anne Köhncke
Matt Code
Christy Garland
Justine Pimlott

Production Coordinator & Translator
Ekram Zubaydi

Executive Producers
Signe Byrge Sørensen
Anita Lee
Waël Kabbani
Penny Charter

Composer
Tom Third

Sound Designers
Peter Schultz
Cosmo Tone

Colourist
Anders V. Christensen
Kong Gulerod Film

Post-production Manager
Maria Kristensen

A:
MURMUR MEDIA
FINAL CUT FOR REAL
NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
CO-PRODUCTION

IN ASSOCIATION WITH:
Doha Film Institute
Iambic Dream Films
DR
UR

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF:
The ONTARIO MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CAVCO – THE CANADIAN FILM OR VIDEO PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT
GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO FILM AND TELEVISION TAX CREDIT PROGRAM

SUPPORTED BY:
Danish Film Institute
Danida (Danish Foreign Ministry)
Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund
with support from the Oath Foundation
Toronto Arts Council

 

 

 



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  • About the NFB

    Founded in 1939, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a one-of-a-kind producer, co-producer and distributor of distinctive, engaging, relevant and innovative documentary and animated films. As a talent incubator, it is one of the world’s leading creative centres. The NFB has enabled Canadians to tell and hear each other’s stories for over eight decades, and its films are a reliable and accessible educational resource. The NFB is also recognized around the world for its expertise in preservation and conservation, and for its rich and vibrant collection of works, which form a pillar of Canada’s cultural heritage. To date, the NFB has produced more than 14,000 works, 6,500 of which can be streamed free of charge at nfb.ca. The NFB and its productions and co-productions have earned over 7,000 awards, including 11 Oscars and an Honorary Academy Award for overall excellence in cinema.