What Walaa Wants


What Walaa Wants by Christy Garland
CAN/DNK 2018, Generation
© Christy Garland

What Walaa Wants by Christy Garland
CAN/DNK 2018, Generation
© Christy Garland

What Walaa Wants by Christy Garland
CAN/DNK 2018, Generation
© Christy Garland

What Walaa Wants by Christy Garland
CAN/DNK 2018, Generation
© Christy Garland

What Walaa Wants by Christy Garland
CAN/DNK 2018, Generation
© Christy Garland
Crew
Director | Christy Garland |
Cinematography | Christy Garland, Hanna Abu Saada |
Editing | Michael Aaglund, Graeme Ring |
Music | Tom Third |
Sound Design | Peter Schultz |
Production Management | Ekram Salama Zubaydi, Maria Kristensen |
Executive Producers | Signe Byrge Sørensen, Anita Lee, Wael Kabbani, Penny Charter |
Producers | Anne Köhncke, Matt Code, Christy Garland, Justine Pimlott |
World sales
Autlook Filmsales
Produced by
Murmur Media Inc
Final Cut for Real
National Film Board of Canada
Additional information
additional sales:
National Film Board of Canada
Toronto, Kanada
+1 514 9950095
N.Bourdon@nfb.ca

Ekram Zubajdi, Walaa Tanji, Christy Garland
The translator with the protagonist and the director.
What Walaa Wants · Generation · Feb 17, 2018

Walaa Tanji
The protagonist on her way on to the stage.
What Walaa Wants · Generation · Feb 17, 2018
Christy Garland

A director of award-winning documentaries and short films, she lives and works in Toronto, Canada. Her films have been distributed worldwide and are characterised by ingenious dramatic structures, gripping character development and universally felt themes. The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song was compared by the press to the work of Robert Bresson and the Dardenne brothers.
Filmography
1998 Blind Spot; short film 1999 Dear Mr. Newton; short film · These Goods Are Manufactured 2000 Dual Citizen; short film 2008 Doormat; co-director: Susan Armstrong 2012 The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song 2016 Cheer Up 2018 What Walaa Wants
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2018