Sudan Movies

A major shift of political power in Sudan started with street protests throughout Sudan on 16 December 2018 That resulted in the overthrow of the...

In a desperate attempt to find a final resting place for their only child, Thomas is surprised to discover that today is not the right day.

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...

The story of 4 Sudanese from different walks of life who, through various circumstances and for different reasons, are drawn towards violent...

After coming to Norway as a refugee, Ahmed Umar has become a renowned artist. Proud of his roots, his art mixes Sudanese and western influences. In...

Fear and anxiety dominate the mind of a young man in isolation, talking to himself, and trying to get out of that isolation.

The short film Jamal (1981) by Ibrahim Shaddad is a report from the life of a camel, most of which plays out in a dreary, small room – a sesame...

The film captures the struggles of Sudanese revolutionaries after the October 2021 coup – a turning point that halted the revolution's progress...

Years of war and ethnic conflict in the Sudan have created a generation of young men, known as the "Lost Boys," who have spent more years in refugee...

Movie by Ali al ghazouli

Colin, born in Bermuda, is feral. Hell deep in a life of drugs, jail, and sexual perversion, Colin falls in love with Hedi, who is hell deep in...

The very first Sudanese feature film.

A filmmaker sets out to document a trip with his family in the shadow of a civil war, but finds the process undoing the film itself.

More than 65 cinemas were closed thirty years ago, and more than 100 years in the film industry without films, this documentary is about the history...

Tayba is an intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s aunt as she, from the repose of old age, recollects how she overcame the stigma of divorce and...

The women in a camp for displaced people in Darfur have to make and carry bricks while the men idle the day away. The film ends with a call for...

Closed cinemas. Primarily visually approached. Not spectacularly, but quietly and carefully. The symbolism of closed, derelict cinemas is strong....

A 16mm feature film from Sudan.

99 Names is an immersive, audio-visual story that combines sonic rituals of oral storytelling, recitation of the Quran, and calling on the 99 names...

Hussain Shariff's first film, a documentary centred on a traditional fertility rite of the Ingessana people in the southern Blue Nile State,...