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.

2025 FILMS

13 Sep
Comedy Drama Festival Favourites

Where Do We Go Now

We’re bringing Nadine Labaki’s beloved Where Do We Go Now? back to the big screen...

28 Aug
Drama Opening Night Short

Cargo

Lost in the heart of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley after fleeing the Syrian war, young Abed...

31 Aug
Drama Local Short

Puncture

Yussef, a Lebanese migrant, is forced to work at the petrol station on the night...

31 Aug
Local Short

Dependent

Set in present-day Western Sydney, Dependent centres on Julian, a dedicated carer, who’s grappling with...

Scroll to Top