The Day I Lost My Shadow

DIRECTOR

Soudade Kaadan

RUN TIME

95 Minutes

LANGUAGE

Arabic

YEAR

2019

Country

Lebanon, France, Qatar, Syria

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre

Drama, War

Cast

Sawsan Arsheed, Reham Al Kassar, Samer Ismail

Classification

Restricted to persons aged 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult

Synopsis

In Damascus, young pharmacist Sana is trying to give her son as normal a childhood as possible. It is 2012, the start of the Syrian war. Necessities are scarce. Sana hears there are bottles of gas in a nearby city. The search quickly gets out of hand, where Sana experiences kindness of strangers and her worst nightmare.

Thursday, 10 September
Comedy Short

The T-Shirt

Told from an unexpected perspective, this playful short comedy follows a devoted companion whose seemingly...

Sunday, 30 August
Documentary Student

When I Go To Sleep

The experiences of three Syrian refugee children living in Lebanon. Working odd jobs to help...

Sunday, 30 August
Comedy Short

Mess, Chaos & The Wedding On Sunday

Maya has one pressing problem to solve—but everyone around her seems determined to make things...

Sunday, 30 August
Drama Fiction Local

No Right Turn

Growing up in Western Sydney, three first-generation migrant Australians navigate the complexities of identity, belonging...

Scroll to Top