For Sama
71 AWARD WINS & 52 NOMINATIONS, including:
Academy Awards, USA 2020 Nominee Oscar Best Documentary Feature BAFTA Awards 2020 Nominee BAFTA Film Award Best Film Not in the English Language 2020 Nominee BAFTA Film Award Outstanding British Film of the Year 2020 Nominee BAFTA Film Award Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer 2020 Winner BAFTA Film Award Best Documentary Cannes Film Festival 2019 Winner Golden Eye |
2.30pm for 3pm, Sunday 25th June 2023
Fundraiser for South Gippsland Rural Australians for Refugees. NOT BCFFG film, so tickets required FOR SAMA is both 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-Khateab’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. The film is the first feature documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmakers, Waad al-Khateab and Edward Watts. Directors: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Stars: Waad Al-Kateab, Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab Duration: 100min Countries of origin: UK, Syria, USA Languages: Arabic, English Genre: Documentary, Biography, War |
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