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, while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.
For Sama For Sama
For Sama is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
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The Beloved El ser querido
Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Friday, 25. 09. 2026 / 20:00 / Main Hall
The acclaimed director Esteban Martínez is a legend both for his films and for his past marked by violence and excess. For his new project, he offers his daughter Emilia a role under the pretext of helping her with her stalled acting career. Living together on set will foster a closeness they haven’t shared for years, but it will also reopen old wounds that never healed. Straight from Cannes!