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Survivors
Four Sudanese women whose paths keep crossing, and whose journeys through oppression and resilience show how survival turns into strength.
Filmography
Work
Documentaries, short fiction, commissioned films and exhibitions. Sudan, Berlin, and the distance that lies between them.
Films
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Women of Sudan
A short documentary about the years after the December Revolution and the civilian government, told by the Sudanese women who were part of them.
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Darfur in War
Peaceful coexistence in Darfur: people who go on living side by side while the war carries on around them.
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Quronful
A wait that turns from the promise of a reunion into a quiet meeting with absence, until even hope is put in question.
Cinemadamare residency, Pescara
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Amal in Italy
A young Sudanese businesswoman travels to Italy for the first time. Her fear of discrimination doubles the pressure on her confidence, but she discovers that if she lets herself, she may not be an outsider after all.
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My Way
A young actress is torn between society's expectations, her mother's control and her own desires. Searching for who she is, she has to find the courage to choose her own way.
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Federico the Singer
In the coastal city of Pescara, a musician walks along the beach playing for everyone with a big smile, while he keeps deep secrets to himself.
Films with NGOs
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El Fasher and North Darfur
A short documentary made in 2020 with Plan International Sudan, on farming and community projects in El Fasher and in the displacement camps across North Darfur.
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Oxfam Sudan: Advocacy Program
A 12-minute documentary made in 2017 with Oxfam Sudan, on the projects carried out through its Advocacy Program.
Exhibitions
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Recoiling Memory of Home
A joint exhibition with my friend, the Sudanese artist Eythar Gubara, asking what it means to carry home within us.
Digital projects
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Blue Nile Stories
A multilingual digital museum about the river, memory and Sudanese identity, which I created and designed within the research and arts project AQUAMUSE.
Commissioned & broadcast
We Are All Sudan
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Mona Magdi, A Free Sudanese Woman
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Sudan: This Land Is Ours
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Commissions & screenings
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I direct documentaries, and I shoot and photograph for festivals, broadcasters, cultural institutions and international organisations. If there is a story you care about, I would love to hear it.
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