Soudade Kaadan
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.
Filmography
2022 NEZOUH
2019 AZIZA (short)
2018 THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW
2017 OBSCURE (doc)
2016 BESIEGED BREAD (short)
2010 DAMASCUS ROOF AND TALES OF PARADISE (doc)
2008 TWO CITIES AND A PRISON (doc)
Nezouh (2022)
An allegorical tale of female emancipation set amidst the Syrian conflict in Damascus, about a family who decides to stay behind in the besieged area. When a shell rips a giant hole in the roof of the building where 14-year-old Zeina and her family live, they are suddenly exposed to the outside world. One day a young boy living nearby lowers a rope through the opening in the family’s roof and Zeina discovers her first taste of freedom. More
