VENICE 2018 Giornate degli Autori
Haifaa Al-Mansour • Director
"What it means to be a female performer in a conservative place like Saudi Arabia"
VENICE 2018: Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al-Mansour is taking part in the Miu Miu Women's Tales project with a short film, presented in the Giornate degli Autori
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The director of Wadjda [+see also:
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