Sudan Movies

Told through somatic performance, oral prose, and solfeggio frequencies, Practical Portals is an experimental, moving-image series documenting a journ...

When a foreign professor’s lecture on science and religion shakes his faith, a young Sudanese student drifts toward atheism, until his mother’s cancer...

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 spirit...

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 mill.

Derweesh suddenly finds himself culturally conflicted when his only daughter turns 18. The thought of his daughter having a boyfriend brings up aspect...

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 of...

Suzi (Suzannah Mirghani) is the voice of her generation—the virtual voice, that is.

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 opulen...

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

The events and characters of the film are inspired by the reality of the armed conflicts in Darfur, a pivotal Arab issue located at the heart of Weste...

A spirited young village boy must learn the painful truth behind his grandfather's fortune, and another farmer's inevitable demise.

Ibrahim goes back to the village he once left, hoping to screen films. But as he wrestles with custom and bureaucracy, war ignites across Sudan, turni...

Not the Waters of the Moon is an educational documentary developed for UNICEF. The film is to encourage vaccination of children in rural areas. The ti...

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

Located in the central part of the Blue Nile Basin, the Gezira Irrigation Scheme is the biggest gravity irrigation scheme under one management in the...

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 20...

While her situation is deteriorating, a sick mother watches her son and daughter going through her tragedy and their new reality.

After years of isolation following a series of betrayals, a man finds his quiet life disrupted by the 'processions' of his past. When an old, unfinish...

This artist profile of Kamala Ibrahim Ishag was commissioned by the Serpentine Galleries to accompany an exhibition titled "Kamala Ibrahim Ishag: Stat...

The very first Sudanese feature film.