Soudade Kaadan is a Syrian director, born in France. She studied theater in the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Syria and filmmaking in Saint Joseph University (IESAV) Lebanon. Her first feature fiction film The Day I lost My Shadow was awarded The Lion of The Future award for best debut film in Venice Film Festival 2018 and has been screened in several festivals: TIFF, BFI, Busan and IFFR. Her short film Aziza won Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2019 and Nezouh her second feature film won the audience award at Venice Film Festival 2022.