2023-05-23 08:50:17
The experience of participating in the Cannes Film Festival is a wonderful and painful event at the same time for Mohamed Kordofani, as he is the director of the first Sudanese film to participate in the festival, but participation comes amid a conflict in his country that has caused the displacement of nearly 1.1 million people from their homes.
The director told Archyde.com: “It is a great honor for me and I am very happy that the film has reached Cannes, as this represents a great reward for all the crew and actors, and I am one of them.”
“But at the same time, I feel sad… I walk the red carpet while people flee from bullets and shelling,” he added.
His film “Goodbye Julia”, which was shown for the first time last Saturday, sheds light on the impact of the secession of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011 on the lives of individuals by focusing on two women, Mona and Julia. They are played by theater actress and singer Iman Youssef and model Cyran Ryak.
Mona, a retired singer from Sudan, tries to purify her guilt following covering up a murder by taking Julia, the victim’s widow, who is from South Sudan, and her son to her home. Unable to admit it, she decides to leave the past behind.
According to the World Health Organization, clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have killed regarding 705 people and injured at least 5,287.
Kordofani expressed his hope that Sudan will find its way to peace and reconciliation in the future.
And he added, “I hope that we can form a new national identity that is proud of the values that bring people together, such as freedom, such as justice, such as coexistence.”
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