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Wikipedia article
'What Walaa Wants' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Christy Garland and released in 2018.[https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/what-walaa-wants-review-1202727845/ "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.
Awards and nominations
In December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/tiff-canadas-top-ten-2018/ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year"]. 'Now', December 5, 2018. 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 Glasshtte 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.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7839334/awards?ref_=tt_awd - IMDb.com: What Walaa Wants (2018) - Awards]
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.[http://realscreen.com/2019/02/08/anthropocene-amazing-race-canada-among-canadian-screen-award-nominees/ "Anthropocene, Amazing Race Canada among Canadian Screen Award nominees"]. 'RealScreen', February 8, 2019.
The film was produced by Christy Garland, Justine Pimlott and Anne Khncke.
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