Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

As I want

Samaher ALQADI 2021 Egypt, Norway, France, Palestine, Germany Documentary color 88min Arabic, English DCP
The Arab Spring brought hope for freedom and change. But the second anniversary of the uprising was marred by a series of sexual assaults, which in turn led large groups of women to gather in the streets in the following days to protest in anger. Filmmaker Samaher ALQADI was there herself with her camera in hand to document the women’s own uprising from the frontline. But her pregnancy and the shadows of her childhood in Palestine also made her embark on a journey back to her parents’ home while performing an imaginary inner dialogue with her own mother who had passed away.

Director

Samaher ALQADI

A Palestinian filmmaker, born as one of nine children and grew up in the Jalazone refugee camp near Ramallah. An emerging voice in Arabic documentary, her films focus on the evolving status of women and dissident artists in the Middle East.

Samaher ALQADI

2021 As I Want 

Director, Screenwriter:Samaher ALQADI

Producer:Karim El HAKIM

Editor:Gladys JOUJOU

Cinematographer:Samaher ALQADI, Karim El HAKIM

Original Score Composer:Naissam JALAL

Filmotor
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