Ayman, Syrian refugee in Lebanon, teaching his wife how to drive his car, the only thing left for him from his country. The lesson takes a wrong turn into madness and nostalgia. Festivals &amp; Awards:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/52aef161ddef633d9adefbeac3c583be.png" style="max-width: 100%; white-space-collapse: preserve; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Short Film Grand Jury Prize - Sundance Film Festival 2019<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/52aef161ddef633d9adefbeac3c583be.png" style="max-width: 100%; white-space-collapse: preserve; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Silver Hugo Award - Best Narrative Short Film - Chicago International Film Festival 2019<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/52aef161ddef633d9adefbeac3c583be.png" style="max-width: 100%; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> AFI Fest 2019<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/52aef161ddef633d9adefbeac3c583be.png" style="max-width: 100%; white-space-collapse: preserve; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Dokufest 2019 Filmmaker bio:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/85ee02f635541fa50b8fab29bacc3a49.jpg" width="152" style="max-width: 100%; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Soudade Kaadan is a Syrian director, born in France in 1979, based in London. She studied theater criticism in the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Syria and filmmaking at Saint Joseph University (IESAV) Lebanon. Her first feature fiction film The Day I Lost my Shadow was awarded the Lion of The Future for best debut at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, and the jury prize for directing at the LA Film Festival, and screened at various festivals including TIFF, BFI London, Busan and IFFR. Her short film Aziza won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2019. Learn more about Soudade's life and career on <a href="https://arabfilminstitute.org/the-life-and-career-of-soudade-kaadan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our blog</a>!

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Aziza

A Syrian refugee in Lebanon teaches his wife how to drive his car, the only thing left from their country. The lesson takes a wrong turn into madness and nostalgia.

It is winter in Damascus. Sana, with her eight-year-old son, is living alone while her husband works in Saudi Arabia. When Sana runs out of gas to cook or warm the house, she takes a day off to find a gas cylinder. From there begins a trip into the surroundings of Damas, where Sana finds herself brutally confronted with the effects of war. Festivals &amp; Awards:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/52aef161ddef633d9adefbeac3c583be.png" style="max-width: 100%; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Luigi De Laurentiis Award - Best Debut Film Award - Venice International Film Festival 2018<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/52aef161ddef633d9adefbeac3c583be.png" style="max-width: 100%; white-space-collapse: preserve; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> World Fiction Award - Special Jury Prize - Los Angeles Film Festival 2018<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/52aef161ddef633d9adefbeac3c583be.png" style="max-width: 100%; white-space-collapse: preserve; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Awards for Best Feature and Performance - Vancouver International Women in Film Festival 2019<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/52aef161ddef633d9adefbeac3c583be.png" style="max-width: 100%; white-space-collapse: preserve; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> El Gouna Film Festival 2018<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/52aef161ddef633d9adefbeac3c583be.png" style="max-width: 100%; white-space-collapse: preserve; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> London Film Festival 2018 Filmmaker bio:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/85ee02f635541fa50b8fab29bacc3a49.jpg" width="152" style="max-width: 100%; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Soudade Kaadan is a Syrian director, born in France in 1979, based in London. She studied theater criticism in the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Syria and filmmaking at Saint Joseph University (IESAV) Lebanon. Her first feature fiction film The Day I Lost my Shadow was awarded the Lion of The Future for best debut at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, and the jury prize for directing at the LA Film Festival, and screened at various festivals including TIFF, BFI London, Busan and IFFR. Her short film Aziza won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2019. Learn more about Soudade's life and career on <a href="https://arabfilminstitute.org/the-life-and-career-of-soudade-kaadan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our blog</a>!

The Day I Lost My Shadow

In Syria in 2012 a mother ventures into a war zone to find a gas cylinder so she can prepare a meal for her son. She discovers that in the besieged area the people there have lost their shadows.

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