''What Walaa Wants'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by
Christy Garland and released in 2018.
["Berlin Film Review: ‘What Walaa Wants’"]
'' Variety'', March 15, 2018. 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.
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Awards and nominations
In December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival
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named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list. 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.
The film received a Canadian Screen Award
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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.
The film was produced by Christy Garland, Justine Pimlott
Justine Pimlott is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of Red Queen Productions with Maya Gallus. She began her career apprenticing as a sound recordist with Studio D, the women’s studio at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), ...
and Anne Köhncke.
References
External links
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Co-producer Final Cut for Real on What Walaa Wants
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2018 films
Canadian documentary films
Documentary films about women in war
National Film Board of Canada documentaries
Danish documentary films
Arabic-language Canadian films
2010s Canadian films
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