Curzon Cinema Oxford, Westgate Centre, Oxford OX1 1NZ
Tickets
Adult (Aged 15+) £14.50
Senior (Aged 60+) £13.50
Accessibility
Wheelchair Access
Age Rating
18+
Performances
6.30pm (100 mins)
Please arrive 15 minutes before the start time
FOR SAMA is both 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. Director Waad al-Kateab will discuss the global impact of For Sama, reflecting on her journey from citizen journalist to Oscar nominated Filmmaker, and the power of storytelling through film.
Director Waad al-Kateab will be joined by Professor Dawn Chatty (University of Oxford, former Director of the Refugee Studies Centre) to discuss the global impact of For Sama, reflecting on her journey from citizen journalist to Oscar nominated Filmmaker, and the power of storytelling through film.
About Women in Film
Produced by the Cultural Programme at the University of Oxford in partnership with Dr Stacy L. Smith, The University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and Ghetto Film School.
Women in Film is a day of screenings, talks and conversations celebrating the incredible women working in the film industry – from bold, new emerging voices to the industry leaders shaping cinema today. Explore how the perception and representation of women and gender minorities, both on and off screen, is changing and what more can be done.
Experience new work by filmmakers in exclusive screenings. Go behind the scenes with filmmakers as they break down their creative process. Follow conversations and hear about research that inspires, challenges and sparks change in the industry. Whether you’re here to learn, to connect, or simply to be moved by the future of filmmaking and gender equality, you’ll leave with new perspectives, fresh inspiration, and great connections.
CREDITS
Directed by Edward Watts
Starring Waad Al-Khateab, Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab
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Curzon Cinema Oxford, Westgate Centre, Oxford OX1 1NZ
Waad is an activist and filmmaker. She has received numerous personal recognitions for her work including the IDA Courage Under Fire Award, a Special Recognition for Courage in Filmmaking at DOC NYC Festival and a place in the 2020 Time100 List of Most Influential People.
Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration; former Director of the Refugee Studies Centre; Emeritus Fellow, St Cross College
Professor Dawn Chatty
Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration; former Director of the Refugee Studies Centre; Emeritus Fellow, St Cross College
Professor Chatty is a social anthropologist whose ethnographic interests lie in the Middle East, particularly with nomadic pastoral tribes and refugee young people. Her research interests include a number of forced migration and development issues such as conservation-induced displacement, tribal resettlement, modern technology and social change, gender and development and the impact of prolonged conflict on refugee young people.
She is both an academic anthropologist and a practitioner, having worked in universities in the USA, Lebanon, Syria and Oman, as well as with a number of development agencies such as the UNDP, UNICEF, FAO and IFAD. She was Director of the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford from 2011 to 2014.
