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''What Walaa Wants'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Christy Garland and released in 2018."Berlin Film Review: ‘What Walaa Wants’"
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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
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Awards and nominations

In December 2018, the
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named the film to its annual year-end
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list. 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 Glasshütte 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. The film received a
Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy ...
nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the
7th Canadian Screen Awards The seventh annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018.Best Cinematography in a Documentary, and Michael Aaglund and Graeme Ring received nominations for Best Editing in a Documentary. The film was produced by Christy Garland,
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and
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* 2018 films Canadian documentary films Documentary films about women in war National Film Board of Canada documentaries Danish documentary films Arabic-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub