{"id":11964,"date":"2019-05-26T13:13:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T12:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=11964"},"modified":"2019-05-26T13:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T12:13:08","slug":"this-syrian-mothers-journey-won-the-best-documentary-at-cannes-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=11964","title":{"rendered":"This Syrian mother&#039;s journey won the Best Documentary at Cannes Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>There\u2019s very few trailers that pierce through your heart, move you to the core and leave you speechless. <i>For Sama <\/i>is one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an intimate journey of a woman falling in love, getting married and giving birth to a girl, Sama, all while she is living through the Syrian conflict day in, day out. The war in Aleppo becomes the backdrop for the most integral, special years of her adult life.<\/p>\n<p><i>For Sama<\/i> is the first documentary by Emmy-award winning filmmakers, Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.<\/p>\n<p>This touching tale of al-Khateab&#8217;s was immensely praised and applauded by critics and audiences at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, where it won the prestigious &#8216;Prix L\u2019\u0152il d\u2019Or&#8217; honor for Best Documentary.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the documentary automatically becomes eligible for the &#8216;Best Documentary&#8217; category for the Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first international film festival where <i>For Sama <\/i>has been screened; previously the documentary was also showcased at the SXSW Film Festival, RiverRun International Film Festival and the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE TIMES, Kevin Maher on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForSama?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ForSama<\/a><br \/>\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<br \/>\n\u201cThere simply hasn\u2019t been a film like it before&#8230; There is such love here. Even the most respected Syrian war documentaries (City of Ghosts, or Under the Wire), haven\u2019t come close to this.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a2ymnjJgKu\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/a2ymnjJgKu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 For Sama (@forsamafilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/forsamafilm\/status\/1129673532378636288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 18, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;The film, which has already won awards, was met with three standing ovations last week at Cannes, where it will be up for several further awards in the coming days, including the Cam\u00e9ra d\u2019Or.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victoriajyan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@victoriajyan<\/a> reviews <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForSama?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ForSama<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cannes2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Cannes2019<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/56dQAz9GHo\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/56dQAz9GHo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 For Sama (@forsamafilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/forsamafilm\/status\/1131588665468178432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 23, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018For Sama\u2019 has won the Prix L&#8217;\u0152il d\u2019Or for Best Documentary at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cannes2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Cannes2019<\/a> ? Many congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/waadalkateab?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@waadalkateab<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watts_edward?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@watts_edward<\/a> and team! This amazing film is coming to Channel 4 later this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForSama?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ForSama<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4kmCSwXUwV\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/4kmCSwXUwV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Channel 4 Press (@C4Press) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C4Press\/status\/1132254088865959936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 25, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/entertainment\/5172\/this-syrian-mothers-journey-won-the-best-documentary-at-cannes-film-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] There\u2019s very few trailers that pierce through your heart, move you to the core and leave you speechless. 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