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Film funds and fests help women put their dreams onscreen Saudi Arabia, a country that still forbids its women citizens to drive, has submitted its first-ever feature film for Academy Award consideration: “Wadjda,” a critically acclaimed triumph from female Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour. Pic, which follows a 10-year-old girl in Riyadh who dreams of [...]  November 19th, 2013 |  Tags: Al-Mansour, Annemarie Jacir, Arab filmmaker, Female Saudi Filmmaker, Haifaa Al Mansour, KSA, Middle East filmmakers, Rama Burstein, saudi, Saudi Arabia, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, The first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia, Wadjda |  Comments are closed 
From LA Times:
Scene from the movie ‘Wadjda.’ Waad Mohammed plays Wadjda. (Tobias Kownatzki / Sony Pictures Classics / September 12, 2013)
Haifaa Al Mansour’s drama “Wadjda,” about a young girl determined to win money to buy a bicycle she’s forbidden to ride, has buy viagra 25mg been selected as Saudi Arabia’s [...] September 15th, 2013 | Tags: film, Haifaa Al Mansour, middle eastern movie, movie, oscar nominee, oscars, Saudi Arabia, sony, Waad Mohammed, Wadjda, woman, Women | Comments are closed 
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Despite the fact that an official film industry doesn’t exist in Saudi Arabia, after completing her studies in the West, director Haifaa Al-Mansour was determined to give the female youth of her country a “voice.” Providing an intimate, localized coming-of-age glimpse into a world based on her own [...] August 20th, 2013 | Tags: Art & Cinema, controversial topics, Dazed and Confused, Feature Films, Female Saudi Film Makers, Film Industry in Saudi Arabia, Haifaa Al Mansour, In her Shoes, Wadjda | Comments are closed |
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