Ain't No Time for Women
2021 Canadian short documentary film
| Ain't No Time for Women | |
|---|---|
| French | Y'a pas d'heure pour les femmes |
| Directed by | Sarra El Abed |
| Written by | Sarra El Abed |
| Produced by | Maud Christiane Isabelle Grignon-Francke |
| Cinematography | Catherine Lefebvre |
| Edited by | Jordan Choinière |
Production company | Travelling Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 19 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | Arabic French |
Ain't No Time for Women (French: Y'a pas d'heure pour les femmes) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Sarra El Abed and released in 2021.[1] The film centres on a group of women in a hair salon in Tunis, and their reactions to the 2019 Tunisian presidential election.[1]
The film premiered at the 2021 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[2] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary,[3] and it was the winner of the Short Documentary Award at the 2021 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.[4]
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.[5]
References
- ^ a b Yasmine Al-Sayyad, "Politics and Resilience in a Tunis Salon". The New Yorker, November 24, 2021.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Forte présence québécoise à Clermont-Ferrand". La Presse, January 26, 2021.
- ^ Debra Yeo, "Canadian documentary ‘zo reken’ on the international aid industrial complex wins Hot Docs award". Toronto Star, May 10, 2021.
- ^ Charlie Smith, "Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers wins best Canadian director and Father wins best feature documentary at DOXA festival". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2021.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021" Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2021.
External links
- Ain't No Time for Women at IMDb
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