By Alexis Soloski When Haifaa Al-Mansour was a child, movie theaters were illegal. But the small Saudi Arabian town where she lived with her parents and siblings had a Blockbuster outlet.

“The Perfect Candidate” director Haifaa al-Mansour reveals what inspired her to make the film, including her mother’s love for music. She said that when making movies in her home ...

For writer-director Haifaa al-Mansour this meant there was the added ... “So I have spent a great deal of time watching movies from other countries.” In wanting to tell a story about what ...

Her movie Wadjda claims to be the first feature ... but a member of the Royal Family runs a film production company Haifaa Al Mansour has just directed one of the first feature films ever to ...

Among those being honored at the inaugural event is — somewhat appropriately — Haifaa al Mansour, Saudi Arabia ... 2013 drama Wadjda (the first movie to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia).

Two hundred years separate the release of the novel “Frankenstein” and “Mary Shelley,” a biopic of its author directed by Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour. One woman rose to prominence ...

If there's anyone who's felt the dramatic change in Saudi Arabia's film industry, it's Haifaa al-Mansour. When she shot ... that feature and her upcoming movie "Unidentified." ...

Director Haifaa al-Mansour insists Wadjda, her movie about a Saudi girl who marches to the beat of her own drum, which opens in the U.S. Friday, isn’t a “feminist film.” That may be why it ...