Soudade made history in 2018 when her narrative debut, THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, was chosen as the first Syrian film ever to screen in competition at the Venice Film Festival. There the film claimed the Lion Of The Future Award. If that wasn’t recognition enough, her 13-minute dark Syrian refugee comedy AZIZA played at the Sundance Film Festival a few months later in January this year and scooped the Grand Jury Prize ahead of 73 other shorts. Soudade is already working on a new feature inspired by the main character of AZIZA.