Frontline - Season 38 (2019) (season)
Documentary / Historical / Publicistic
USA,
2019, 1 h 35 min
VOD (1)
Plots(1)
For Sama is a feature documentary that tells the astonishing story of a 26-year old female Syrian filmmaker, Waad al-Kateab, who filmed her life in rebel-held Aleppo through 5 years of the Syrian uprising. She fell in love, got married and had a daughter all whilst filming the violence raging around her and in particular documenting the challenges the conflict imposed on women and children. Along with a close group of friends, she stayed in the city to fight for her dream of a free Syria. (South by Southwest Film Festival)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2020 - Edward Watts, Waad Al-Kateab (Best Documentary Feature)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2020 - Edward Watts, Waad Al-Kateab (Best Documentary Feature)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2020 - Edward Watts, Waad Al-Kateab (Best Documentary Film)
- 2020 - Edward Watts, Waad Al-Kateab (Best Film not in the English Language)
- 2020 - Outstanding British Film
- 2020 - Edward Watts, Waad Al-Kateab (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2019 - Best British Independent Film
- 2019 - Edward Watts, Waad Al-Kateab (Best Director)
- 2019 - Chloe Lambourne, Simon McMahon (Best Editing)
- 2019 - Best Feature Documentary
- 2019 - Nainita Desai (Best Original Music)
European Film Awards
- 2019 - Best Documentary Film
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2021 - Waad Al-Kateab (Best Non-English Language Film)
Guldbagge Awards
- 2020 - Edward Watts, Waad Al-Kateab (Best Foreign Film)
Cannes Film Festival
- 2019 - The Golden Eye, the Documentary Prize