For Sama

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For Sama is a 2019 Syrian documentary film that chronicles filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab’s life, love, and motherhood amid the siege of Aleppo.

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instanceOf Syrian film
documentary film
war documentary
awardReceived BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
British Independent Film Award for Best Director
British Independent Film Award for Best Documentary
British Independent Film Award for Best Editing
L’Œil d’or – Cannes Documentary Award
basedOn Waad Al-Kateab’s video diaries from Aleppo
countryOfOrigin Syria
director Edward Watts
Waad Al-Kateab
distributor Channel 4
PBS Frontline
linked to: PBS
editor Chloe Lambourne
Simon McMahon
featuresCharacter Hamza Al-Kateab
Sama Al-Kateab
Waad Al-Kateab
hasGenre autobiographical film
documentary
war film
narrator Waad Al-Kateab
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
originalLanguage Arabic
premiereEvent 2019 Cannes Film Festival
producer Channel 4 News
linked to: Channel 4

Edward Watts
Waad Al-Kateab
productionCompany Channel 4 News
linked to: Channel 4

ITN Productions
linked to: ITN
releaseCountry United Kingdom
United States
releaseYear 2019
runtimeMinutes 100
screenedInSection Special Screenings at Cannes
settingLocation Aleppo
Syria
subject Siege of Aleppo
linked to: Battle of Aleppo

Syrian civil war
linked to: Syrian Civil War

life in wartime
linked to: Life During Wartime

motherhood
theme civilian experience of war
family
love in wartime
title For Sama
writer Edward Watts
Waad Al-Kateab

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