Documentary film by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M. Ahmed and Phil Cox as part of the Arab Film Festival

In 2022, four Sudanese filmmakers and a British director embark on a film project in which they accompany five residents of Khartoum to capture their everyday lives and dreams: tea seller Jhadmalla, street boys Lokain and Wilson, resistance fighter Jawad, and civil servant Majdi. Filming begins under the regime that brought down dictator Omar al-Bashir. But shortly afterwards, a bloody power struggle breaks out between the military government and paramilitary militias. A war begins, displacing more than ten million people. The filmmakers and their protagonists flee to Kenya. Using animations, dream sequences, and green screen reconstructions, they find another way to tell their stories.

Khartoum is an impressive political documentary about the effects of war in Sudan, which creatively and empathetically addresses the universal theme of resistance against dictatorships and the empowerment of the people. The film celebrated its world premiere at Sundance 2025 and was successfully screened at the Berlinale (Peace Film Prize), in Thessaloniki, Hot Docs (Award for Best Social Impact Documentary), DocsBarcelona (Jury Prize), Seattle, and Guadalajara (MX), among others.

Sudan, Germany, UK, Qatar 2025, 80 min., original version (Arabic, English) with German subtitles

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