Wadjda

Name: Wadjda
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2012

2012

IMDb

Haifaa Al-Mansour

2012·PG·

SA,

Netherlands, Germany

Germany,

JO,

AE,

United States

Award tierGold

Metascore

Comedy Drama Indie World

An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

Cast

Reem Abdullah·Abdullrahman Al Gohani·Waad Mohammed·Ahd

Producers

Amr Alkahtani·Christian Granderath·Verona Meier·Gerhard Meixner·Louise Nemschoff

Languages

Arabic

Major Awards

1 win · 3 nominations

Wins (1)

Festival Grand Prize

Venice Film Festival (2012)

Best Film - Il cerchio non è rotondo Award

Haifaa Al-Mansour

Nominations (3)

Festival Grand Prize

Venice Film Festival (2012)

Best Film

Haifaa Al-Mansour

Best Picture

BAFTA Awards (2014)

Best Film not in the English Language

Gerhard MeixnerRoman PaulHaifaa Al-Mansour

British Independent Film Awards (2013)

Best International Independent Film