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Oscar Nominee Waad Al-Kateab to Direct Documentary on Refugee Olympic Team

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Oscar-nominated director Waad Al-Kateab will direct a documentary feature following the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, XTR announced Wednesday morning.The film is in production at the Tokyo Olympics, where Al-Kateab and producer Joanna Natasegara are following the team consisting of 29 athletes originating from 11 countries, and residing in 13 host nations.

Director Al-Kateab made her Oscar-nominated directorial debut with “For Sama,” which followed her own experience as a journalist who elected to stay with her husband and young daughter in the embattled city of Aleppo during the Syrian Civil War.

After “For Sama” won four BAFTA awards, making it the most nominated documentary in BAFTA’s history, Al-Kateab started the “Action For Sama,”.

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