INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Aziza
عزيزة
Directors
Soudade Kaadan
Producers
Soudade Kaadan
Cinematographers
Elsy Hajjar
Editors
Soudade Kaadan
Sound
Elia El Haddad
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2019
Lebanon
13 min
Color
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.
only thing left for him from his country. The lesson takes a wrong turn into madness
and nostalgia.
Director
Soudade Kaadan is a Syrian director, born in
France. She studied theater criticism in the Higher
Institute of Dramatic Arts in Syria and filmmaking
in Saint Joseph University (IESAV) Lebanon. Her
films have screened at several venues nationally
and internationally and have received international
awards. Her first feature fiction film THE DAY I
LOST MY SHADOW was awarded THE LION OF
THE FUTURE award for best debut film in Venice
Film Festival 2018, and the jury prize for directing
at LA Festival and has been screened in several
festivals: TIFF, BFI, Busan and IFFR. Her recent
short film Aziza won Sundance Grand Jury Prize
in 2019.
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