SAMA: To Listen emerges from this lifelong search for connection, unfolding as a meditation on music not simply as sound, but as a form of presence that moves between cultures, histories, and inner lives.

Filmed across Morocco, Turkey, and Malaysia, the film follows a series of encounters with musicians, Sufi practitioners, and instrument makers who carry forward traditions where listening is understood as a pathway to truth.

In Fez, a city shaped by centuries of spiritual practice and known for early uses of music as a form of healing, the film finds a profound resonance.