Forced to leave Sudan for East Africa following the outbreak of war, five citizens of Khartoum—a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two young bottle collectors—reenact their stories of survival and freedom through dreams, revolution, and civil war. In 2022, Sudanese filmmakers Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, and Timeea Ahmed joined with British director Phil Cox to chronicle the lives of their five participants. After a military coup, a war broke out that displaced over 10 million people, including the filmmakers and their subjects. Khartoum boldly demonstrates determination and invention borne out of necessity as the film team adapts their project to their new reality. Blending footage shot before their escape with imaginative green-screen sequences, the filmmakers create a safe space for their participants to share and process their experiences of conflict and exile—not without moments of hope and joy. The result is a singular, emotional, and personal journey into a devastating conflict that has gone underreported in the West.
Source: BAM
Awards:
Peace Film Prize at Berlinale
Special Mention at the Amnesty International Film Award
FIFDH Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva
3rd Place Audience Award at Berlinale 2025
Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize at FIFDH 2025
City of Milan Audience Award at FESCAAL 2025
The Bill Nemtin Award for Best Social Impact Documentary at Hot Docs 2025
Jury Prize at Docs Barcelona 2025
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 9PM
RT: 80 mins
Dirs: ANAS SAEED / RAWIA ALHAG / IBRAHIM SNOOPY AHMAD / TIMEEA MOHAMED AHMED / PHILIP COX
Forced to leave Sudan for East Africa following the outbreak of war, five citizens of Khartoum—a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two young bottle collectors—reenact their stories of survival and freedom through dreams, revolution, and civil war. In 2022, Sudanese filmmakers Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, and Timeea Ahmed joined with British director Phil Cox to chronicle the lives of their five participants. After a military coup, a war broke out that displaced over 10 million people, including the filmmakers and their subjects. Khartoum boldly demonstrates determination and invention borne out of necessity as the film team adapts their project to their new reality. Blending footage shot before their escape with imaginative green-screen sequences, the filmmakers create a safe space for their participants to share and process their experiences of conflict and exile—not without moments of hope and joy. The result is a singular, emotional, and personal journey into a devastating conflict that has gone underreported in the West.
Source: BAM
Awards:
Peace Film Prize at Berlinale
Special Mention at the Amnesty International Film Award
FIFDH Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva
3rd Place Audience Award at Berlinale 2025
Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize at FIFDH 2025
City of Milan Audience Award at FESCAAL 2025
The Bill Nemtin Award for Best Social Impact Documentary at Hot Docs 2025
Jury Prize at Docs Barcelona 2025
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 9PM
RT: 80 mins
Dirs: ANAS SAEED / RAWIA ALHAG / IBRAHIM SNOOPY AHMAD / TIMEEA MOHAMED AHMED / PHILIP COX