“For Sama” wins Golden Eye prize at Cannes

Waad al-Khateab and Edward Watts’s For Sama has won the the Golden Eye award, the top documentary prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The film (pictured) chronicles the ongoing conflict in ...

May 27, 2019

Waad al-Khateab and Edward Watts’s For Sama has won the the Golden Eye award, the top documentary prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The film (pictured) chronicles the ongoing conflict in ...

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Cannes Film Festival, Edward Watts, For Sama, Patricio Guzmán, The Cordillera of Dreams, Waad al-Khateab

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Cannes Film Festival, Edward Watts, For Sama, Patricio Guzmán, The Cordillera of Dreams, Waad al-Khateab

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Senior staff writer Frederick Blichert comes to realscreen with a background as a journalist and freelance film critic. He has previously written for VICE, Paste Magazine, Senses of Cinema, Xtra, Canadian Cinematographer and elsewhere. He holds a Master of Arts in film studies from Carleton University and a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia.

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