For Sama
“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.
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Cast
3 people
Waad al-Kateab Director · Edward Watts Director Nainita Desai Composer
United States release July 26, 2019 · Produced in Syria, United Kingdom · Languages Arabic, English
Production
ITN Productions
Production
Channel 4 Television
Production
Syria · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English
Release dates
United States · March 11, 2019
Premiere · South by Southwest Film Festival
United States · July 26, 2019
Theatrical
United States
November 19, 2019 · TV · PBS Television premiere, "Frontline" series
Czechia
March 6, 2020 · Premiere · One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
March 12, 2020 · Theatrical
May 21, 2020 · Theatrical · Rerelease after COVID-19
France
May 15, 2019 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
October 9, 2019 · Theatrical
Germany
March 5, 2020 · Theatrical
Greece
May 19, 2020 · Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
May 21, 2021 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
August 6, 2020 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 11, 2019 · Digital
Italy
February 13, 2020 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
South Korea
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
Spain
November 13, 2020 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 13, 2020 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 29, 2019 · Digital
Taiwan
March 6, 2020 · Theatrical
Türkiye
June 14, 2020 · Digital · International Migration Film Festival
Ukraine
July 16, 2019 · Premiere · Odesa International Film Festival
United Kingdom
September 13, 2019 · Theatrical
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