Soudade Kaadan on Nezouh

Series 2. Episode 2: Soudade Kaadan on Nezouh.

In this episode, we speak with multi award winning filmmaker Soudade Kaadan about her feature film Nezouh. We discuss the significance of Syrian stories on screen, producing independent cinema and the inventive use of comedy and magic realism as a way to tackle difficult themes and topics.

Soudade reflects on making the film, the casting of Kinda Alloush and Samer Al-Masry, the importance of authenticity and why she wants to invite Syrians back to the cinema.


The film first premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2022 and is available to rent on the BFI Player, Youtube, Apple TV and more.

Hosted by Sarah Agha 
Produced by Hemeroscope Studios 
Audio recorded by The Garden Cinema
Music by Mina Samy 
Poster photo courtesy of RBKC by Jaron James

Music featured in episode:

Lili s'en fout by Toufic Farroukh

Huna Al-Sham by Shadi Ali