Aleppo film-maker vows to continue showing reality of Syria

LONDON: A Syrian film-maker whose documentary on the siege of Aleppo brought a Cannes audience to tears has said she wants to show the world the reality of her country.
Waad al-Kateab’s powerful and intimate film “For Sama” is a love letter to her infant daughter, documenting the desperate conditions she and her husband were living through, in case they didn’t survive.
Charting five years of her life from student protester to wife and young mother in  Syria ‘s battle-ravaged second city, it won an emotional standing ovation at the Cannes film festival in May.
For Kateab, the film is more than the story of one family’s struggle.
“It’s a realistic depiction of everything that’s happening now in the country,” she told AFP on Wednesday in London, where the documentary is touring.  “Unfortunately, the world is deaf and blind to what is happening, but as Syrians, our goal is to continue to tell and share  Syria ‘s story.”