As I Want
2021
Egypt, France, Norway, Palestine, Germany
88 min
Cairo, 25 January 2013: a spate of sexual aggressions takes place on Tahrir Square, the day of the second anniversary of the revolution. In response, a massive wave of angry women unfurls in the streets and Samaher Alqadi joins them without knowing where this story will lead her.
Samaher Alqadi
Palestinian filmmaker and screenwriter Samaher Alqadi is one of nine children and grew up in the Jalazone refugee camp near Ramallah in the West Bank. She first worked for the Palestinian Ministry of Culture before being accepted at the Egyptian Institute of Cinema in Cairo. An emerging voice in Arab documentary, she focuses on the changing status of women and dissident artists in the Middle East. As I Want is his first feature documentary.
Production :
Prophecy Films, Temps Noir, Integral Film SA, Idioms Film, Kaske Film
Prophecy Films, Temps Noir, Integral Film SA, Idioms Film, Kaske Film
Cinematography :
Samaher Alqadi, Karim El Hakim
Samaher Alqadi, Karim El Hakim
Sound :
Nassim El Mounabbih, Timothy Bost
Nassim El Mounabbih, Timothy Bost
Oringial Soundtrack :
Naissam Jalal
Naissam Jalal
Editing :
Gladys Joujou
Gladys Joujou
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