KHARTOUM

Thurs 10 July | 13:00 | Pálás Screen 1

2025 | A Sudan, UK, Germany Qatar | 80’

Arabic (English Subtitles)

In 2022, four Sudanese filmmakers, along with a British director-writer, began filming the lives and dreams of five very different citizens in Khartoum. Street boys Lokain and Wilson embark on a mission to buy two beautiful shirts. Khadmallah, a single mum and tea vendor, engages her daily clientele in gossip and cardamom coffee. Jawad is a Sufi Rastafarian resistance volunteer who protests for a civilian government. Civil servant Majdi escapes office life by racing pigeons with his son. Premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Winner of the Peace Film Prize at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.

Post-show discussion will follow