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Directed by: Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
An intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.
Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
From Emmy award-winning filmmakers, Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, For Sama has been awarded the BAFTA Film Award for Best Documentary, 4 BIFA awards including Best British Independent Film, the Prix L’Œil d’Or for Best Documentary at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and is an Oscars nominated Best Documentary Feature.
18
Approx 100 mins
Disturbing scenes, Images of dead bodies