The Day I Lost my Shadow

16 Oct 2024

Film
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Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Join us to view The Day I Lost My Shadow, engage in an in-person discussion with Soudade Kaadan, and enjoy delicious desserts catered by our friends at local Syrian restaurant Ali Baba. This event will be moderated by ASAR fellow Reem Al-Ghazzi.

The Day I Lost My Shadow premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2018 and won the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Film. It made history for being the first Syrian fiction film to win in Venice, and was screened at many festivals including TIFF, BFI London, Busan and IFFR. The film has garnered many other awards, including the World Fiction Special Jury Prize for Best Direction at the LA Film Festival (2018), Official Selection at the Valencia Film Festival (2019), Best Feature Fiction Award at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival (2018), Best Feature at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (2019), and Best Film at the Joburg Film Festival (2018).

Event Date: 
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Institution(s): 
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Humanities Scholars Program, The Humanities Center, Carnegie Melon Sustainability Initiative, Carnegie Melon Languages Cultures and Applied Linguistics, Center for Black European Studies and the Atlantic, The center for the Arts and Society
Location: 
William Pitt Union Assembly Room - 3959 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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