Christy Garland – What Walaa Wants #jedensvet2019

March 18, 2019

Christy Garland - What Walaa Wants #jedensvet2019 fredfilmradio

Podcast | Download

PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Christy Garland, director of the film What Walaa Wants.

An interview with Christy Garland, director of What Walaa Wants, screened at the 2019 One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Prague, Czech Republic. The film talks about a young Palestinian girl, Walaa, who decides to join the Palestinian Civil Police Force, and Garland followed her journey for five years. In this interview, the director talks with us about her interest in this particular topic and story, about Walaa’s reaction to her making a film about her, the universal appeal of the story and also some of the challenges that she had to overcome during filming.

What Walaa Wants: For 5 years Christy Garland filmed a young woman who was dealt a bad hand at the start – born in a Palestinian refugee camp, abandoned by her father and with her mother in prison until Walaa was 15. It’s no surprise that she grew up to be a rebel with a complicated relationship with the authorities. Nonetheless, or maybe because of this, she decided to join the Palestinian Civil Police Force. She learned to respect rules, to endure extreme physical hardship and, most importantly, to fight for her ideals. The film not only provides a unique testimony about a unique heroine – a young Palestinian feminist – but also shows how the Palestinian “police academy” functions in all shades of its rigour.

Written by: fredfilmradio

Christy Garland Matt Micucci One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival What Walaa Wants

Guest

Christy Garland Matt Micucci

Film

What Walaa Wants

Festival

One World Film Festival

Rate it

Channel posts

News

Festival de Cannes

The 78th Festival de Cannes Posters Pay Tribute to “A Man and a Woman”

April 22, 2025

For the first time in its history, the Cannes Film Festival reveals two official posters for its 78th edition, inspired by Claude Lelouch’s 1966 Palme d’Or-winning masterpiece A Man and a Woman.

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 27: Alice Rohrwacher attends the "La Chimera" photocall at the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 27, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

News

Festival de Cannes

Alice Rohrwacher Named President of the Caméra d’Or Jury at Cannes 2025

April 18, 2025

Alice Rohrwacher has been appointed President of the Caméra d’or Jury at Cannes 2025. Known for her poetic and visionary cinema, Rohrwacher will award the best first feature at the festival’s closing ceremony on May 24.