Soudade Kaadan is an award winning Syrian director born in France, raised in Damascus and based in London. She gained international recognition with her debut feature film, THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2018 and won the esteemed Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Film.
Her next short fiction film Aziza won the Sundance grand jury prize in 2019. And her second feature film Nezouh won the audience award at the Venice Festival in 2022, making her the only Arab female director to win twice in Venice.