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For Sama

1) Watch the film online in the UK or US (Running time 1 hour 40 mins)

We would suggest starting the film at 1:45 PM (EST) / 6:45 PM (UK) to finish in time for the Q&A.

2) Join for the live Q&A: 3:30 PM (EST) / 8:30 PM (UK)

RSVP for the Q&A with Directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.


FOR SAMA is 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.

The film is the first feature documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmakers, Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.

JOIN US FRIDAY 24th APRIL:

1) Watch the film online in the UK or US (Running time 1 hour 40 mins)

We would suggest starting the film at 1:45 PM (EST) / 6:45 PM (UK) to finish in time for the Q&A.

2) Join for the live Q&A: 3:30 PM (EST) / 8:30 PM (UK)

RSVP for the Q&A with Directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.

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Waad al-Kateab  In 2011, when protests against the Assad regime swept the country, Waad taught herself how to film and became a citizen journalist, determined to document the horrors of the war. During this time, Waad began reporting for Channel 4 News in the United Kingdom. Her reports became the most watched pieces on the UK news programme, receiving almost half a billion views online and winning 24 awards, including the 2016 International Emmy for breaking news coverage. Together with Director Edward Watts, Waad turned 5 years of her footage into the BAFTA and BIFA -winning and Oscar-nominated feature documentary  For Sama.  Waad fled Aleppo in 2016 and now lives in London with her family, working for Channel 4 and on her impact campaign,  Action For Sama. 

Waad al-Kateab

In 2011, when protests against the Assad regime swept the country, Waad taught herself how to film and became a citizen journalist, determined to document the horrors of the war. During this time, Waad began reporting for Channel 4 News in the United Kingdom. Her reports became the most watched pieces on the UK news programme, receiving almost half a billion views online and winning 24 awards, including the 2016 International Emmy for breaking news coverage. Together with Director Edward Watts, Waad turned 5 years of her footage into the BAFTA and BIFA -winning and Oscar-nominated feature documentary For Sama. Waad fled Aleppo in 2016 and now lives in London with her family, working for Channel 4 and on her impact campaign, Action For Sama. 

Edward Watts  Edward Watts is an Emmy and BAFTA-winning filmmaker whose first narrative short film,  Oksijan, told  the true story of a 7- year-old Afghan boy’s fight to survive being smuggled to the UK in a refrigerated lorry. His 2015 film  Escape from ISIS  exposed the brutal treatment of the estimated 4 million women living under the rule of the Islamic State. At the 73rd British Academy Film Awards,  For Sama,  which he   directed with Waad al-Kateab, became the most nominated documentary in the history of the British Academy Film Awards with four nominations, winning for Best Documentary. 

Edward Watts

Edward Watts is an Emmy and BAFTA-winning filmmaker whose first narrative short film, Oksijan, told the true story of a 7- year-old Afghan boy’s fight to survive being smuggled to the UK in a refrigerated lorry. His 2015 film Escape from ISIS exposed the brutal treatment of the estimated 4 million women living under the rule of the Islamic State. At the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, For Sama, which he directed with Waad al-Kateab, became the most nominated documentary in the history of the British Academy Film Awards with four nominations, winning for Best Documentary. 


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