From Oscar-nominated filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab comes Maybe Tomorrow. Co-directed with childhood friend Wafa Mustafa, together they follow Wafa’s journey of grief, hope, and exile as Wafa risks everything to uncover her father’s fate. In Syria, a country where around 177,057 (source: The Syrian Network for Human Rights) people remain missing, her personal search becomes a collective story of memory, resistance, search for justice and love that refuses to fade. This film holds space for uncertainty, for love that outlives silence, and for hope that survives in the dark – because to tell stories is to be alive. As Wafa says, “We only exist if we are remembered”.

Join us for a screening of the film followed by a Q&A with co-directors Waad Al-Kateab and Wafa Mustafa.

Content guidance: Film contains images of war and bereavement.

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Doors open from 6pm

Speakers

Director | Waad al Kateab

Waad al Kateab is a Syrian activist and Oscar®-nominated filmmaker. She became a citizen journalist in 2011, after protests broke out across Syria against the Assad regime, and in January 2016 she began documenting the horrors of Aleppo for Channel 4 News in a series titled, “Inside Aleppo” which received an International Emmy for breaking news coverage.

Waad’s first feature documentary, FOR SAMA, documented her life over five years in Aleppo. The film, co-directed with Edward Watts, received worldwide critical acclaim, winning numerous awards, including the Prix L’OEil d’or for best documentary at Cannes Film Festival, the BAFTA for Best Documentary (the film was nominated in four BAFTA categories, making it the most nominated documentary ever) and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2020 Academy Awards®.

In 2018, al-Kateab and her family became refugees and settled in the UK where they continue to run their advocacy campaign, Action For Sama, which aims to raise the voices of Syrians, and awareness about the situation on ground, while seeking accountability for the war crimes committed by the Syrian and Russian regimes.

Waad has received several personal recognitions for her work as an activist and filmmaker, including the IDA Courage Under Fire Award and a place in the 2020 Time100 List of Most Influential People. In 2021, she was announced as the recipient of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science

Director | Wafa Mustafa

Wafa Mustafa is a journalist, activist, and storyteller. She studied Humanities, Arts, and Social Thought at Bard College Berlin and has been committed to using media and storytelling as tools for advocacy and justice. As a journalist, Wafa has worked extensively to document the impact of forced disappearance, war crimes, and exile on women, Syria’s families and displaced communities.

Following her father’s disappearance at the hands of the Assad regime in 2013, Wafa fled Syria and has since dedicated her life to ensuring that the voices of Syria’s disappeared are not forgotten. She’s The communications and advocacy Manager at The Syria Campaign and has been a non-resident fellow at The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) and Refugees International.

As a co-director of this film, Wafa brings her lived experience, journalistic expertise, and activist vision to shape a narrative that is both deeply personal and universally relevant. Her role is not only in front of the camera but behind it—crafting a story that amplifies the voices of those still searching for truth and justice in Syria.