Whats-On

This is a past event

BBFC Ratingf-rated FilmDocs Ireland: For Sama

CertificateNot Rated
Year2019
GenreDocumentary
Director(s)Waad Al-Khatab & Edward Watts
LanguageEnglish
CountrySyria, UK
Running Time1HR 35MINS
SeasonDocs Ireland 2023

For Sama traces the journey of a young woman, Waad al-Kateab, through love, marriage and motherhood across five years of the revolution in Aleppo, Syria.

An intimate, visceral documentary about the female experience of war, Waad faces an impossible decision: should she flee the city to protect her young daughter’s life? But to leave means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.

Winner Grand Jury, Best Documentary and Audience Award, Best Documentary at SXSW in March 2019.

Warning: For Sama contains disturbing scenes, including images of real dead bodies.


An error occurred while loading this page