For Sama

'For Sama', 2019

Runtime

100 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Documentary

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For Sama

Edward Watts, Waad Al-Kateab, 2019

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Awards

Munich Film Festival

Winner

2019

Bayern 2 and SZ Audience Award

Audience Award

Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival

Nominated

2019

Human Rights Dox

Human Rights Award

Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival

Winner

2019

IDFA Audience Award

Audience Award

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

Nominated

2020

Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize

Nominated

2020

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

Cinema Eye Honors Award

Winner

2020

Outstanding Achievement in Production

Cinema Eye Honors Award

Winner

2020

The Unforgettables

Cinema Eye Honors Award

British Independent Film Awards

Winner

2019

Best British Independent Film

British Independent Film Award

Mountain Film Festival

Winner

2019

Norman Vaughan Indomitable Spirit Award

Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival

Winner

2019

Main Award

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

Nominated

2020

Documentary of the Year

Dorian Award

London Critics Circle Film Awards

Nominated

2020

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year

ALFS Award

Winner

2020

Documentary of the Year

Dorian Award

Online Film & Television Association

Nominated

2020

Best Documentary Picture

OFTA Film Award

Arabisches Film Festival

Winner

2019

Tübingen Audience Award

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

Winner

2019

Special Mention

Film Festival Cologne

Nominated

2019

Phoenix Award

International Documentary Association

Winner

2019

Courage Under Fire Award

Satellite Awards

Nominated

2019

Best Motion Picture, Documentary

Satellite Award

DocsMX: The International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City

Winner

2019

Women On Frame

Best Feature Documentary

PGA Awards

Nominated

2020

Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures

PGA Award

Australian Film Critics Association Awards

Nominated

2020

Best Documentary (International)

AFCA Award

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

Nominated

2019

Best Narration

Critics' Choice Documentary Award

Quebec City International Film Festival

Winner

2019

Special Mention

Festival de Cannes

Winner

2019

Golden Eye

Bergen International Film Festival

Winner

2019

Checkpoints Award

Galway Film Fleadh

Nominated

2019

Best International Feature Documentary

Documentary Award

Winner

2019

Human Rights Award

Telluride Mountainfilm Festival

Winner

2019

Norman Vaughan Indomitable Spirit Award

Odessa International Film Festival

Nominated

2019

European Documentary Competition

Golden Duke

Film Club's The Lost Weekend

Winner

2019

Best Director - Documentary

Lost Weekend Award

Winner(s): Waad Al-Kateab

Milwaukee Film Festival

Winner

2019

Mohamed Amin Courage in Filmmaking Award

National Board of Review, USA

Winner

2019

Freedom of Expression Award

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Cast & crew

Cast

Waad Al-Kateab

Actor/Actress

Hamza Al-Khateab

Actor/Actress

Sama Al-Khateab

Actor/Actress

Crew

Director

Director

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