WAAD ALKATEAB

Filmmaker & Activist, East Aleppo

Waad al-Kateab is a Syrian activist and filmmaker, whose debut feature film, For Sama, won a BAFTA for Best Documentary and received a nomination at the Academy Awards in 2020.

Waad’s new film, We Dare To Dream, follows the steadfast journey of athletes in the Olympic Refugee Team. The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in June 2023 and is set to premiere this November. We Dare To Dream, commissioned by IOC for XTR, received the Grand Prize Documentary Award at the Heartland International Film Festival.

Waad lives in London with her family, and is also the co-founder of the Action For Sama advocacy campaign aimed at ending the targeting of hospitals in the war in Syria.