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'Ain't No Time for Women' is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Sarra El Abed and released in 2021.[Yasmine Al-Sayyad, [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/politics-and-resilience-in-a-tunis-salon "Politics and Resilience in a Tunis Salon"]. 'The New Yorker', November 24, 2021.] The film centres on a group of women in a hair salon in Tunis, and their reactions to the 2019 Tunisian presidential election.[
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The film premiered at the 2021 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[Andr Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2021-01-26/courts-metrages/forte-presence-quebecoise-a-clermont-ferrand.php "Forte prsence qubcoise Clermont-Ferrand"]. 'La Presse', January 26, 2021.] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary.[Debra Yeo, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2021/05/10/canadian-documentary-zoe-reken-on-the-international-aid-industrial-complex-wins-hot-docs-award.html "Canadian documentary zo reken on the international aid industrial complex wins Hot Docs award"]. 'Toronto Star', May 10, 2021.]
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.[Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-and-features/tiff-announces-canadas-top-ten-for-2021 "TIFF announces Canadas Top Ten films of 2021"]. 'Now', December 6, 2021.]
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