WALLAH BE 

By Pia Bovin 

FACTS

Title: WALLAH BE 
Original title: AXEL VIL VÆRE MUSLIM
Director: Pia Bovin 
Cast: Adam Gilbert Jespersen, Nadia Boeggild, Nour El-Foul 
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 85 min
Language: Danish
Country of origin: Denmark
Scriptwriter: Bo Hr. Hansen 
Cinematographer: Jacob Banke Olesen
Editor: Molly Marlene Steensgaard 
Producers: Louise Vesth, Ib Tardini 
Production year: 2002
Executive producers: Peter Aalbæk Jensen 
Local release: 01-01-2002
Film status: Internationally Premiered

It´s not easy having a name like Aksel and being a Danish kid who loves pork meatballs when you´d rather hang out with the cool Muslim guys from down the block, wear necklaces and say clever things in Arabic.

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Festival overview

Berlin Film Festival
Awards: GrownJury's 1. Pris
2002-02-06

Buster Copenhagen Int. Childrens Festival
2003-09-23

Chicago Int. FF
2003-10-23

Cinekid Childrens Film Festival-Amsterdam
2003-10-12

Gijon International Film Festival
2003-11-20

Halifax Viewfinders international FF for Youth
2004-04-20

Hamburg Filmfest GmbH
2003-06-04

Kristiansand Int Children's FF
2003-04-29

Leeds Children & Young People's Film Festival
2003-03-27

Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage
2003-02-06

Malmö BUFF Childrens and Youth Film Festival
2003-03-12

Mill Valley FF, California
2004-10-07

Rimouski Carrousel Int. FF
2003-09-21

Rome Int. Childrens FF
2004-06-02

Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
2004-03-19

Stockholm FF junior
2003-04-06

Tokyo Film Festival
2003-08-01