Wadjda
By: a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Razor Film in co-production with High Look Group and Rotana Studios, in cooperation with Norddeutscher Rundfunk and Bayerischer Rundfunk ; co-producer, Amr Alkahtani ; produced by Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner ; written and directed by Haifaa Al Mansour
Contributors: Mohammed, Waad, actor; Abdullah, Reem, actor; Ahd (Actress), actor; Juhanī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, actor; Reitemeier, Lutz, 1963- cinematographer; Richter, Max, composer; Wodraschke, Andreas, 1969- film editor; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Razor Filmproduktion (Firm); High Look Group; Rotana Distribution (Firm); Norddeutscher Rundfunk; Bayerischer Rundfunk; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Published: 2014
Language: ara
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Drama; Bicycles; Social conditions; Mothers and daughters; Contests; Girls
Description: Wadjda, a fun-loving 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia, has her heart set on a beautiful new bicycle. However, her mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.

Special features: Commentary with writer/director Haifaa Al Mansour; The making of Wadjda; Director's Guild of America Q&A with Haifaa Al Mansour.

Director of photography, Lutz Reitemeier ; editor, Andreas Wodraschke ; original music, Max Richter.

Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Ahd, Abdullrahman Al Gohani.

MPAA rating: PG, for thematic elements, brief mild language and smoking.

DVD: DVD, NTSC region 1, high definition widescreen (1.75:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.

In Arabic or French (PAR); English or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); credits in parallel Arabic and English; some special features include English audio.

Winner: Best International Feature, Audience Award, Los Angeles Film Festival - Telluride Film Festival; Winner: Cinema for Peace Award, Interfilm Award, Venice Film Festival - Tribeca Film Festival.

Title from disc surface.