The Final Exam
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: BEMA04EN
Producer: Beth Mackenzie & Ibrahim Cin
Producers: Wishart MacKenzie, Beth and Cin, Ibrahim
Directors: Wishart MacKenzie, Beth and Cin, Ibrahim
Producing Agencies: Beth Mackenzie & Ibrahim Cin
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Canadian Social Studies, Canadian World Studies, Citizenship Education, Criminal Justice & Law, Documentary, Global Issues, Global Studies, Religious Studies, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Women's Studies
Language: Turkish
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2020
Running Time: 11:22
Set in 1998 Turkey, The Final Exam is a classroom drama based on actual events. Upholding new academic policy, a university professor tells a devout young Muslim woman to remove her headscarf in order to write a final exam. Seeing her distress, the young man beside her finds a "strategic" way to guard her privacy.
Created in support of Religious Freedom in Canada and around the world.
Film is in Turkish with English subtitles.
Paris Short Film Festival 2020 / Audience Award (Paris, France)
Nordlys Film & Arts Festival 2021 – Private Intermission Program (Camrose, AB)
Edmonton International Film Festival 2021 (Edmonton, AB)
Waterloo Region Migration Film Festival 2021 (Waterloo, ON)
Parliament of the World’s Religions 2021 (Global Online)
Mosquers Film Festival 2022 (Edmonton, AB) / Best Local Short Nominee
Yorkton Film Festival 2022 (Yorkton, SK) / Golden Sheaf Award Nominee
Edmonton Short Film Festival 2022 (Edmonton, AB) / Best Social Justice Film & People’s Choice Award
MacEwan University Screening 2022 (Edmonton, AB)
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology – NAIT Screening 2022 (Edmonton, AB)
FAVA FEST 2022 (Edmonton, AB) / Outstanding Narrative Short Award
Justice4Reel Film Festival 2024 (Edmonton, AB)
The Final Exam is a creative response to systemic injustice and the undermining of religious rights, personal rights, and women’s rights around the world. - Filmmaker statement