Tag: Wadjda
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Streaming: the pick of the best children’s films for the summer holidays
Our critic surveys the streaming services’s current offerings to find the best family films – from Monsters, Inc to The Muppet Movie, Wolfwalkers to WadjdaYou’ve survived the heatwave, perhaps already been away, and still the school holidays stretch languidly into September, demanding plans and playdates and activities to fill the slowed summer hours. Sitting the…
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Haifaa Al-Mansour’s ‘The Perfect Candidate’ Acquired by Music Box Films Ahead of Sundance
Music Box Films has acquired the North American rights to “The Perfect Candidate” from Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al-Mansour, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.The distributor plans to release the film theatrically in 2020 followed by a home entertainment release.“The Perfect Candidate” premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2019 and…
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‘The Perfect Candidate’ producers see bright future for Saudi film industry
Razor Film Produktion shot both Haifaa Al Mansour’s ’Wadjda’ and her new Venice title.Speaking in Venice this weekend, German producers Gerhard Meixner and Roman Paul, co-founders of Razor Film Produktion, have expressed their optimism about the future prospects for the Saudi film industry.Meixner and Paul broke new ground by producing Haifaa Al Mansour’s Wadjda (2013),…
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The Perfect Candidate review – powerful insight into Saudi absurdity
Haifaa al-Mansour, the first Saudi woman to direct a feature, goes back to basics with an effective story of a doctor trying to enter politicsHaifaa al-Mansour was the first Saudi woman to direct a feature film, landing out of the blue at the 2012 Venice film festival with her coming-of-age drama Wadjda. Mansour’s achievement was…
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Miu Miu Women’s Tales Unveils Dakota Fanning, Haifaa Al-Mansour Shorts at Venice Days
Miu Miu Women’s Tales is back at the Venice Film Festival’s Venice Days section for the seventh year with its 15th and 16th female-directed shorts that explore life through the female gaze. The global fashion brand created its shorts program in 2012, featuring work from such filmmakers as Zoe Cassavetes, Lucrecia Martel, Massy Tadjedin, Ava…