'For Sama' trivia and fun facts

Cannes

'For Sama' won best documentary prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Nowadays

Waad Al-Khateab and her family live now in the UK, after fleeing Syria. The couple had another child, Waad was pregnant when they escaped their home country.

5 years

The film covers five years of the conflict, from the start of the protests against the Syrian government in 2012 until 2017.