Country: Sudan

Direction Mohamed Kordofani

Cast Eiman Yousif · Siran Riak · Nazar Goma · Ger Duany

Synopsis Just before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.

Direction Suhaib Gasmelbari

Cast Ibrahim Shaddad · Suliman Ibrahim · Eltayeb Mahdi · Manar Al-Hilo

Synopsis In an attempt to revive an old cinema in Sudan, four friends encounter insurmountable resistance. The film, which focuses on the history of Sudanese cinema, also sheds light on the current situation in this crisis-ridden country.

Direction Amjad Abu Alala

Cast Talal Afifi · Mazin Ahmed · Hassan Ali · Mahmoud Alsarraj

Synopsis Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns...

Direction Suzannah Mirghani

Cast Mihad Murtada · Rabeha Mohammed Mahmoud · Mohammed Magdi Hassan · Haram Basher

Direction Ibrahim Shaddad

Cast Khatab H. Ahmed · A. Gadir Daoud · Mariam M. Eltayeb · Mohd A. Gorani

Synopsis Two blind men make their way through the desert accompanied by a donkey. Connected by a rope, sometimes the two men decide the way, and sometimes the donkey leads them through the desert.

Direction Ali Cherri

Cast Maher El Khair · Mudathir Musa · Santino Aguer Ding · Abo Algassim Sir Alkhatim

Synopsis Sudan, near the Merowe dam. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise...

Direction Mohamed Kordofani

Cast Mohamed Abdalla · Khaled Abu Ashara · Omer Ahmed · Abdalla Alamin

Synopsis A displaced child gets involved in crime with an older thief. Will this be his last burglary?

Direction Taghreed Elsanhouri

Synopsis Incited by increasingly prophetic remarks from the international community that the Darfur crisis is reaching the level of genocide, Sudanese native and British immigrant Taghreed Elsanhouri returns to her beloved homeland to create the provocative, insightful, and illuminating documentary, All...

Direction Suzannah Mirghani

Cast Suzannah Mirghani

Synopsis Suzi is the voice of her generation, the virtual voice, that is.

Direction Taghreed Elsanhouri

Synopsis The story of the partition of Sudan from the inside.

Direction Suhaib Gasmelbari

Synopsis Benjamin and Awad run Sudan's national film archive. The two men, who have worked together for more than 40 years, are devoted to protecting their country's visual memories. Home to some 13,000 films, the archive preserves pivotal moments of Sudan's...

Direction Hajooj Kuka

Cast Jodah Bujud · Insaf Awad Allah · Sarah Mohamed

Synopsis Director Hajooj Kuka immerses us in the world of the Sudanese farmers, herders and rebels of the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountain regions, who defiantly celebrate their heritage and tend their lands in the face of a government bombing campaign.

Direction Frederique Cifuentes

Cast Gadalla Gubara

Synopsis The film builds up a portrait of a great Sudanese film-maker, Gadalla Gubara. At eighty-seven, he is one of the pioneers of cinema in Africa. He has recently lost his sight but still continues to film life in Sudan as...

Direction Hussein Shariffe

Synopsis 'The Dislocation of Amber' was filmed in the city of Suakin, a formerly flourishing port in Sudan, now in ruins. Its history is one of famine and opulence, devastation and progress, rich trade and damage, and colonialism.

Direction Alyaa Sirelkhatim Musa

Cast Eltayeb Alhadi Eltayeb · Mohamed Jamal Abdulrahman · Hoiam Bushra · Enas Ali Edris

Direction Hajooj Kuka

Cast Ekram Marcus · Kamal Ramadan · Ganja Chakado · Abdallah Alnur

Synopsis After a post-coital argument with Lina (Ekram Marcus), Adnan (Kamal Ramadan) hightails it without grabbing his gun. With his pants barely pulled up, he runs into Absi (Ganja Chakado), a young man who's not keen on rejoining the fighting. He...

Direction Alsadig Mohamed

Direction Eltayeb Mahdi

Direction Ibrahim Shaddad

Synopsis A camel operating a sesame mill reflecting on existence.

Direction Ibrahim Shaddad

Cast Mohamed M. Ali · Nasir El Tayeb · Fatin A. Magid · El Rashid Ahmed Issa Umayma

Synopsis Sudanese filmmaker, Ibrahim Shaddad provides a dramatic and powerful account of the trials and tribulations of a Sudanese villager in an alien, large city. Shot entirely without dialogue, the film’s innovative use of sound helps tell the story of a...