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.
Cast
Eiman Yousif
Siran Riak
Nazar Goma
Ger Duany
Crew
Written and directed by Mohamed Kordofani
DOP: Pierre de Villiers
Editor: Heba Othman
Music Producer & Composer: Mazin Hamid
Sound Engineer: Rana Eid
Costume Designer: Simba Elmur
Production Designer: Issa Kandil
Producer: Amjad Abu Alala
Co-Producer: Mohammed Alomda
Co-Producers: Baho Bakhsh, Safei Eldin Mahmoud, Michael Henrichs, Khaled Awad, Mohamed Kordofani, Marc Irmer, Faisal Baltyuor, Ali Elarabi, Adham El Sherif, and Issraa Elkogali Häggström
Original Title: وداعا جوليا
Production Company(ies):
- Station Films
- Red Star Films
- Die Gesellschaft DGS
- Klozium Studios
- Dolce Vita Films
- Cinewaves Films
- Ambient Light
- CULT
- RiverFlower
- MAD Solutions
- Red Sea
- CANAL+ International
Producer(s):
- Amjad Abu Alala (main producer)
- Mohamed Al-Omda (producer)
- Baho Bakhsh (co-producer)
- Issraa Elkogali Häggström (co-producer)
- Safei Eldin Mahmoud (co-producer)
- Michael Henrichs (co-producer)
- Khalid Awad (co-producer)
- Mohamed Kordofani (co-producer)
- Marc Irmer (co-producer)
- Faisal Baltyuor (co-producer)
- Ali El Arabi (co-producer)
- Adham El Sherif (co-producer)
- Rua Osman (associate producer)
- Samo Hussain (line producer)
- Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard), France (World Premiere)
- Karlovy Vary International Film, Czech Republic
- BFI London Film Festival, UK
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
- The Border Mail International Film Festival, Australia
- BOFA Film Festival Tasmania, Australia
- Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada
- Darwin International Film Festival, Australia
- Arab Film Nights, Denmark
- El Gouna International Film Festival, Egypt
- Warsaw Film Festival, Poland
- European Film Festival, South Africa
- Paysages de Cinéastes, France
- Septimius Awards, Netherlands
- War on Screen Film Festival, France
- Belfast Film Festival, Northern Ireland
- Cyprus International Film Festival, Cyprus
- Muslim International Film Festival, Canada
- Mostra de Cinema Arab, Spain
- Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore
- Africa Rising International Film Festival, South Africa
- Leeds International Film Festival, UK
- Arab Film Days Film Festival, Norway
- Tarragona International Film Festival, Spain
- El Gouna International Film Festival, Egypt
- Afrykamera Film Festival, Poland
- Luxor Film Festival, Egypt
- Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq
- Ibiza International Film Festival, Spain
- Hollywood Arab Film Festival, US
- Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden
- Seattle Black Film Festival, US
- Rencontres Cine-Salon Festival, France
- Films Femmes Afrique, Senegal
- Aldakhka Film Festival, Morocco
- Dakhla International Film Festival, Morocco
- IFF Art Film, Slovakia
- Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands
- Festival Du Film Arabe de Fameck, France
- Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania
- International Images Film Festival for Women, Zimbabwe
- Quibdo Africa Film Festival, Colombia
- Mizna Twin Cities Film Festival, US
- Bend International Film Festival, US
- Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
- Afrika Film Festival, Belgium
- Cairo Film Society Festival, Egypt
- Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon
- Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, "FESPACO"
- I'm Migrant Film Festival, London
- International Moroccan Film Festival in Oujda, Morocco
- Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy
- Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine
- Shanghai International Film Festival, China
- Safar Film Festival
- Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada
- CineMAS Film Festival, the UAE
- Washington DC International Film Festival, the USA
- Stockfish Film Festival, Iceland
- Sonoma International Film Festival, US
- Uruguay International Film Festival
- Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon
- International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Geneva
- Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland
- Pune International Film Festival, India
- Sharjah Film Platform
- International Film Festival of Kerala, India
- Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco
- Calgary Arab Film Nights, Canada
- Adelaide Film Festival, Australia
- Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil
- Arab Film Festival, Germany
- FilmFest Hamburg, Germany
- Arabian Nights in Copenhagen
- Chicago International Film Festival, the USA
- Palm Springs International Film Festival, the USA
- Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey
- Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden
- Mill Valley Film Festival, the USA
- Sarasota Film Festival, the USA
- Philadelphia Film Festival, the USA
- Miami International Film Festival, the USA
- Bergen International Film Festival, Norway
- Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania
- RiverRun International Film Festival, the USA
- Audience Award, El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt
- Audience Award, Leeds International Film Festival, UK
- Audience Award, Mostra de Cinema Arab, Spain
- Audience Award, War on Screen Film Festival, France
- Audience Award, Tarragona Film Festival, Spain
- Audience Award, Paysages de Cinéastes, France
- Youth Jury Award, Paysages de Cinéastes, France
- Women's Jury Award, Paysages de Cinéastes, France
- Press Jury Award, War on Screen Film Festival, France
- Variety MENA Talent of the Year, El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt
- Best Director in a Debut Feature Film, Cyprus International Film Festival
- Best Leading Actress Award, Cyprus International Film Festival
- Best Actress Award, Muslim International Film Festival, Canada
- Film Society Jury Award, Tarragona Film Festival, Spain
- Critics Best Film Award, Ibiza Independent International Film Festival, Spain
- Audience Award, Ibiza Independent International Film Festival
- Distribution Award, Ibiza Independent International Film Festival
- Grand Jury Award (Best Film), Sonoma International Film Festival, US
- Audience Award, Rencontres Cine-Salon Festival, France
- Golden Horizon Award (Best Film), Hollywood Arab Film Festival, US
- Special Mention for Siran Riak, Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden
- Best Screenplay Award, Malmo Arab Film Festival
- Audience Award, Belgium Africa Film Festival
- Best Feature Film, Seattle Black Film Festival
- Best Feature Film, Films Femmes Afrique, Senegal
- Jean Renoir Prize for High School Students, France
- Best Feature Film, Arab Cinema Center Critics Awards
- Best Screenplay, Arab Cinema Center Critics Awards
- Jury Award, Aldakhka Film Festival, Morocco
- Best Actress Award (Eiman & Siran), Dakhla International Film Festival
- Blue Angel Award for Best Feature Film, IFF Art Film Kosice, Slovakia
- Special Mention for Acting (Eiman & Siran), IFF Art Film Kosice, Slovakia
- Special Mention (Eiman Yousif), Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands
- Special Mention, Festival Du Film Arabe de Fameck, France
- Best Arabic Film to Screen in Egypt in 2023, Film Society, Egypt
- Best Feature Film, Zanzibar International Film Festival
- Best Cinematography Award, International Images Film Festival for Women, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Baobab Grand Prize, Quibdo Africa Film Festival, Colombia
- Best Feature Film, Mizna Twin Cities Film Festival, US
- Special Jury Prize, Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon
- Best Narrative Feature Film, Bend International Film Festival, US
- PrespecTIFF Award for Best Debut Feature Film, Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
- Best Editing and Best Social Issue Awards, Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, "FESPACO"
- Grand Award, International Moroccan Film Festival in Oujda, Morocco
- Best Arab Film, Cairo Film Society, Egypt
- Arabian Sights Award, Washington DC International Film Festival, the USA
- Best Feature Film Award, Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq
- Best Film Award, Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt
- Best Feature Film, Afrykamera - International Film Festival, Poland
- Best African Film, Septimius Awards, the Netherlands
- Roger Ebert Award, Chicago International Film Festival, the USA
- Audience Award, Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore
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