AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS ARE IN! Your votes made it happen!
Documentary Short Winner: My Brother’s Keeper by Laurence Topham
Narrative Short Winner: Like the Ones I Used to Know by Annie St. Pierre
Documentary Feature Winner: Holy Frit by Justin S. Monroe (Missed the Q&A? Rewatch it HERE)
Narrative Feature Winner: The Perfect Candidate by Haifaa Al-Mansour
These 4 films can be unlocked and viewed in this package up until 11:45pm EST tonight. Once you click "Watch Now", you will have 24 hours to complete the viewing of the package. If you have not seen these films yet or watch to watch them again, you can purchase directly on this page!
Congratulations to our winners!
This program has been geolocated to the state of Maryland, Washington DC, and the "DC-Metro" area, and includes only these Virginia cities: Alexandria, Arlington, Crystal City, Falls Church, Fairfax, and McClean. If you are outside of any of these areas, you will be unable to view this program.
As Saudi Arabia’s first female director, Haifaa Al-Mansour has been at the forefront of her country’s discussion about tolerance and equality with her films portraying strong, independent women. Her first feature film Wadjda released in 2012 was about a rebellious and determined teenage girl who competes to win the bicycle of her dreams. Since then, many laws have changed in the conservative country and females are now allowed to ride bikes and drive cars. Her new film, The Perfect Candidate, also features a courageous and progressive woman as it portrays a young Saudi doctor striving to improve the conditions of her hospital. When she decides to run for office in the local city elections, her community struggles to accept their town's first female candidate.
Presented by Rob & Parabh Meek
- Year2019
- Runtime104 minutes
- LanguageArabic, English
- CountrySaudi Arabia, Germany
- DirectorHaifaa Al-Mansour
- ScreenwriterHaifaa Al-Mansour, Brad Niemann
- ProducerHaifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Brad Niemann, Roman Paul
- CastMila Al Zahrani, Dae Al Hilali, Nora Al Awad, Khalid Abdulraheem, Shafi Alharthy
- CinematographerPatrick Orth
- EditorAndreas Wodraschke
- Production DesignOlivier Meidinger
- ComposerVolker Bertelmann
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS ARE IN! Your votes made it happen!
Documentary Short Winner: My Brother’s Keeper by Laurence Topham
Narrative Short Winner: Like the Ones I Used to Know by Annie St. Pierre
Documentary Feature Winner: Holy Frit by Justin S. Monroe (Missed the Q&A? Rewatch it HERE)
Narrative Feature Winner: The Perfect Candidate by Haifaa Al-Mansour
These 4 films can be unlocked and viewed in this package up until 11:45pm EST tonight. Once you click "Watch Now", you will have 24 hours to complete the viewing of the package. If you have not seen these films yet or watch to watch them again, you can purchase directly on this page!
Congratulations to our winners!
This program has been geolocated to the state of Maryland, Washington DC, and the "DC-Metro" area, and includes only these Virginia cities: Alexandria, Arlington, Crystal City, Falls Church, Fairfax, and McClean. If you are outside of any of these areas, you will be unable to view this program.
As Saudi Arabia’s first female director, Haifaa Al-Mansour has been at the forefront of her country’s discussion about tolerance and equality with her films portraying strong, independent women. Her first feature film Wadjda released in 2012 was about a rebellious and determined teenage girl who competes to win the bicycle of her dreams. Since then, many laws have changed in the conservative country and females are now allowed to ride bikes and drive cars. Her new film, The Perfect Candidate, also features a courageous and progressive woman as it portrays a young Saudi doctor striving to improve the conditions of her hospital. When she decides to run for office in the local city elections, her community struggles to accept their town's first female candidate.
Presented by Rob & Parabh Meek
- Year2019
- Runtime104 minutes
- LanguageArabic, English
- CountrySaudi Arabia, Germany
- DirectorHaifaa Al-Mansour
- ScreenwriterHaifaa Al-Mansour, Brad Niemann
- ProducerHaifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Brad Niemann, Roman Paul
- CastMila Al Zahrani, Dae Al Hilali, Nora Al Awad, Khalid Abdulraheem, Shafi Alharthy
- CinematographerPatrick Orth
- EditorAndreas Wodraschke
- Production DesignOlivier Meidinger
- ComposerVolker Bertelmann