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1. www.indiewire.com › criticism › moviesThe Perfect Candidate Review: Haifaa Al-Mansour's Empowerment ...

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   Aug 29, 2019 · ‘The Perfect Candidate’ Review: Haifaa Al-Mansour Takes on a Gentle Empowerment Drama. The "Wadjda" director returns to South Arabia for a light, sweet, ground-level story about the the...

2. www.thewrap.com › the-perfect-candidate-film‘The Perfect Candidate’ Film Review: A Saudi Woman Finds Her ...

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   With exquisite subtlety, director Haifaa Al Mansour (“Nappily Ever After,” “Wadjda”) brings us into her heroine’s world and lays out the series of indignations (some tiny, some massive ...

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   Here is a short, taped interview in IU Cinema from December with Haifaa al-Mansour, the first woman filmmaker in Saudi Arabia and their most significant cinematic figure. She grew up watching VHS...

4. www.hammertonail.com › interviews › haifaa-al-mansourA Conversation with Haifaa al-Mansour (THE PERFECT CANDIDATE)

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   Aug 15, 2024 · I met with Saudi director Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda) on Sunday, September 8, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss her new film, The Perfect Candidate (which I also reviewed). Featuring Mila Al Zahrani (new to the big screen, but a TV star in her native land) as Maryam, a youn

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   Dec 9, 2021 · It is less than a decade since Haifaa Al Mansour broke out internationally as Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker with her debut film Wadjda which made its world premiere at the Venice Film...

6. www.shondaland.com › watch › a28914625Haifaa Al-Mansour Was One of Only Two Female Directors at the ...

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   Sep 5, 2019 · When I meet Haifaa Al-Mansour in Venice, we convene at the five-star Excelsior Hotel on the star-studded island of Lido during the Venice Film Festival, where she is premiering her latest film, The Perfect Candidate — the story of a Saudi woman who runs for local office.

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   Who is Haifaa al Mansour?

   • It is less than a decade since Haifaa Al Mansour broke out internationally as Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker with her debut film Wadjda which made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2012. It was at a time when cinema was not permitted in her home country.

   “Never take no for an answer,” says groundbreaking Saudi filmmaker

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   Who is Haifaa al-Mansour?

   • I met with Saudi director Haifaa al-Mansour ( Wadjda) on Sunday, September 8, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss her new film, The Perfect Candidate (which I also reviewed ).

   A Conversation with Haifaa al-Mansour (THE PERFECT CANDIDATE)

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   Who is Al Mansour?

   • But most significantly her native Saudi country has lifted its 35-year cinema ban. The now US-based Al Mansour returned to Saudi this week – having finished shooting the Netflix series Florida Man in North Carolina – to be feted with an honorary award at the inaugural edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival.

   “Never take no for an answer,” says groundbreaking Saudi filmmaker

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   Why did Haifaa al-Mansour go back home?

   • Haifaa al-Mansour: I felt homesick, for one. I wanted to go back home and make something more intimate and fun, especially given what is happening now: art is now accepted in society, filming is legal, we can get permissions more easily. So, I just felt that it was time for me to back home and pay tribute to the change that is happening.

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8. lwlies.com › interviews › haifaa-al-mansour-theHaifaa Al Mansour: ‘It’s amazing to shape art in Saudi Arabia’

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   Mar 25, 2020 · A s the first female film director from Saudi Arabia, Haifaa Al Mansour’s career has been built on breaking barriers. Her early, quietly radical documentaries about the women behind enforced veils, led to her entering the global stage with Wadjda, about a young girl determined to ride a bicycle and, like her creator, overcomes the obstacles ...