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Critic Tomris Laffly
rated 10

Al-Kateab’s footage is so you-are-there, so crushingly rich in detail that you only forget you’re watching someone else’s horror when random people break the fourth wall.

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Critic Ian Freer
rated 8

...a compelling dispatch from deep inside the Syrian conflict.

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Critic Mike Mccahill
rated 10

...a profoundly moving study of horror and hope.

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Heartbreaking

2 years ago
Critic Sandie Angulo Chen
rated 8

...a thought-provoking lesson in compassion, courage, and the cost of freedom.

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Critic Mark Kermode
rated 8

...interweaves its very personal narrative with a broader political story, finding the bigger picture in the tiniest of details.

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Critic Maria Domellöf-Wik
rated 10

Envisheten, modet, och viljan hos regissören att till varje pris dokumentera skeendet, är imponerande.

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Critic Freja Dam
rated 8

...en rystende øjenvidneberetning fra et hospital i Aleppo, der både er dybt personlig og essentiel oplysning til hele det verdenssamfund, der ser passivt til borgerkrigens blodbad.

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Cast & Crew

Waad al-Kateab
Director
Edward Watts
Director
Nainita Desai
Composer

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For Sama is a powerful and intimate documentary that follows the life of Waad al-Kateab, a young Syrian woman, over five years during the uprising in Aleppo. The film chronicles her personal journey as she falls in love, gets married, and gives birth to her daughter Sama, all while the conflict around her intensifies. Through her camera lens, we witness the devastating effects of war on civilians and the incredible resilience of the human spirit. Waad's husband Hamza works tirelessly as a doctor in an improvised hospital, saving countless lives while Waad captures it all on film. As the violence escalates and their daughter grows up amidst the chaos, they face an impossible decision: to flee for their daughter's safety or stay behind to continue fighting for freedom.

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