watch TrailerTHE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE
a film by
Mo Harawe
132 minutes /
Drama
Austria, France, Germany, and Somalia
In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust and resilience will power them through their life paths.
Cast
- Ahmed Ali Farah,
- Anab Ahmed Ibrahim
- Ahmed Mohamud Saleban
Crew
- Directed and Written By: Mo Harawe
- Cinematographer: Mostafa El Kashef
- Editor: Joana Scrinzi
- Production Design: Nuur Abdulkadir
- Sound: Willis Abuto, Anne Gibourg, Guadalupe Cassius, Christophe Vingtrinier
Original Title: The Village Next To Paradise
Production Company(ies):
Producer(s):
Production Company(ies):
- FreibeuterFilm
- Kazak Productions
- Niko Film
- Maanmaal
Producer(s):
- Sabine Moser
- Oliver Neumann
- Cannes International Film Festival (Un Certain Regard section - World Premiere)
- Munich International Film Festival
- Toronto International Film Festival (Centerpiece Program - North American Premiere)
- Marrakech International Film Festival (MENA Premiere)
- Durban International Film Festival
- Melbourne International Film Festival
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Viennale (Vienna International Film Festival)
- Sarajevo Film Festival
- Cork International Film Festival
- Honorable Mention for the CineCoPro Award at the Munich International Film Festival
- Golden Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival
- Vienna Film Award at the Viennale
- Best Actress (Anab Ahmed Ibrahim) at the Sarajevo Film Festival
- Spirit of the Festival Award at the Cork International Film Festival
