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)
- Toronto International Film Festival (Centerpiece Program - North American Premiere)
- Marrakech International Film Festival (Middle East Premiere)
- Munich International Film Festival
- Durban International Film Festival
- Melbourne International Film Festival
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Cork International Film Festival
- Vienna International Film Festival
- BFI London
- São Paulo International Film Festival
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- Göteborg Film Festival
- Ghent Film Festival
- Busan International Film Festival
- Santa Barbara International Film Festival
- Cartagena Film Festival
- Helsinki International Film Festival
- Sarajevo Film Festival
- Viennale
- Torino Film Festival
- New Directors New Films
- Mumbai Film Festival
- Cleveland International Film Festival
- Diagonale: Festival of Austrian Film
- Sofia International Film Festival
- New Zealand International Film Festival
- Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
- Best Film, Best Director for Mo Harrawe, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography for Mostafa El Kashef, and Best Casting for Mohamed Mohamud Jamal; Austrian Film Academy Awards
- Best Feature Award and Best Actress Award for Anab Ahmed Ibrahim at the 22nd African Film Festival of Tarifa-Tangier (FCAT 2025)
- Best Austrian Film at Viennale
- Grand Diagonale Award for Best Feature Film, Thomas Pluch for Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography Award, and the Outstanding Production Services Award; Diagonale Festival of Austrian Film
- Marrakech International Film Festival (Middle East Premiere) (Jury Prize)
- Golden Hugo Award in the New Directors Competition at the Chicago International Film Festival
- Best Film Award at the Cork International Film Festival
- Special Mention - CineCoPro at the Munich International Film Festival
- Best Actress Award at the Sarajevo Film Festival
