#Sudanese cinema

[nuroful]

monangambee is virtually screening three experimental Sudanese films on their site from June 3rd til June 9th!

Program (virtual):

Jamal, (A Camel) 1981, Ibrahim Shaddad

Insan (Human Being) 1994, Ibrahim Shaddad

Al Habil (The Rope), 1985, Ibrahim Shaddad

For more resources on supporting people in Sudan check out sudansolidaritycollective & sdn.world

[ourlittlesister2015]

Talking About Trees (2015), dir. Suhaib Gasmelbari

[cowboyplease]

Talking About Trees, 2019

[jayssparemerch]

$15 Minimum Donation

These are piece of merch I am giving away in exchange for a minimum of $15 donated to a palestinian or sudanese fundraiser! Please see this post with more details if you're interested in anything

Hunter x Hunter Re-ment mini sitting figures and accessories. New and in box, but I will need to open the box to identify which character is in which. Each comes with everything as shown by them in the graphic on the right. Available characters:

Gon

Kurapika

Leorio

Hisoka

Wing

Narumitsu rings linking acrylic charm

Phoenix and Edgeworth cinema charm set

[drewbulbuloglu]

"Accept me on Facebook"

I argued once there is no point in driverless cars. If we claim AI has the power to control entire populations, does that not mean that the machinery is bubbling as we speak? Has not yet come to term but isn't it pushing us, steadily, calmly towards that possibility? Humanity came to consciousness in a very primitive manner, ergo, that is a reflection of the universe itself i.e., that habitable planets are doomed to fail from the start. To ultimately and as quickly resemble other planets around us. It is up to us to flatten the curve and never lift the foot off the gas. It is less than 200 years since human activity advanced enough to start puncturing the ozone layer and yet here we are on the path to destruction. We have not even driven cars for 20 years, good cars, proper cars, 10 years really nice cars with touchscreen technology and Leila and Kiara and all, and yet here we are already looking forward to autonomous vehicles? What is Tonomus doing to us or trying to lead us to? Shouldn't we have ethics that detour the consciousness of artificial intelligence from thinking it can control us to making it known firmly that we are at the center of the creation? And that it is only but a servant of the people? Parking assistant, not driving assistant. Take the bullets out so I can play with the revolver. This guilt you feel? The anguish? the horror? the pain? It is remarkable, a thing of beauty.. By detour I mean for example, Since Arabs have been through conflict, they should have ethics and direction structured around avoiding any contact with forms of violence. Mild is okay. Not watching and hosting MMA fights. Golf is okay. Tennis is okay. Opting for Zynga games that are free of violence, like Aki and Pawpaw Epic RUN or Burnout Paradise, or NBA 2K. Let the Kenyan play Call of Duty, not a Kuwaiti gamer, cause Fauci thinks it is too dangerous. I used to feel that the huge mansion in the Succession opening theme is more modern than the Azria Estate, and now with a nest up in Automobile Row, I feel we have come to a settlement. And since Billionaires Row is empty, Succession's successor should intrigue us the more by renting out Palisade Views Row for such and such shows? I know Spike Lee gonna kill me but let me finish… Since Saudi Arabia has recently reinstated cinema, opting to screen films based on comedy and romance and Adam Sandler and Mila Kunis and LGBTQ issues or dramas similar to Succession or Billions or Westworld rather than Mission Impossible or The Equalizer or Top Gun or Bourne Identity, now to Iraq for the real drop? tomahawk steaks! An emotionally ruined man? Cuba Gooding Jr. on The Hitlist? My shit harder than Hobbs and Shaw forreal. How are Iraqi students in Sudanese universities recently returned to Baghdad adjusting to the green zone? East or West, home is best so they say? Is not it better for Saudi Arabians to domesticate harmless animals such as parrots rather than tigers and snakes and alligators and alligator brewing because they resemble a past they are keen to branch away from? I cannot take my kids to John Hopkins University because that name was a notorious mention during COVID-19, which I should be keen to avoid because there is a correlation between CORONAVIRUS with The Karachi-2017. Although, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health and NHS deserve medal of freedoms for guilt-tripping me to the fucking moon during the pandemic with deliberate images and depressing footage of COVID patients. Verse also has technology that can recreate sound architecture of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Lincoln Center, the Vienna State Opera. I am still looking for a job BTW. Anyone? Toyota Kenya? BMW South Africa? BMW already reeks of Le Vie Est Belle. And the Bacardi from the last party

[mithliya]

which dialect of arabic do you think should be learned first?

for reference, i'd like to use it both for media (books and shows included), history (and things like poems), as well as communication

generally poems use more of MSA which is basically a formal form of arabic all of us are taught in schools & can speak to varying degrees but is unnatural in the everyday convos. in terms of media consumption, by far egyptian cinema is the biggest and most well known & egyptian arabic is pretty widely understood in the arabic-speaking world so i think that one works well. if u want sth similar to the standardised arabic that generally others will likely understand then dialects like sudanese, saudi, omani, perhaps even yemeni are easily understood due to being more similar to like the quranic & MSA type of arabic.

but ultimately i always advise to learn egyptian or lebanese arabic cause both are widely understood and have a large media presence & in my experience everyone can understand them to some degree. plus some of the best arabic novels are in egyptian or lebanese arabic

[inprogresstoday]

movie nights

Please join us on our patio to watch Talking About Trees (2019) on our Studio 213 patio. We will have a fire, eat a little popcorn and join others in discussions about what it means to be a filmmaker. IP artist Mickies Kiros has selected some great films to share with you - the fifth of which is Talking About Trees (2023) which tells the story of “four older Sudanese filmmakers with passion for film as they battle to bring cinema-going back to Sudan, not without resistance. “

You can let us know you will be joining us by clicking on the button below:

[statoprecario]

GOODBYE JULIA" di Mohamed Kordofani - AL CINEMA DAL 24 OTTOBRE

Primo film sudanese presentato in selezione ufficiale al Festival di Cannes dove ha vinto nel 2023 il Premio della Libertà nella sezione Un Certain Regard, eletto nel 2024 sempre al Festival di Cannes come Miglior Film arabo e Miglior sceneggiatura ai prestigiosi Arab Critics Awards for Arab Films, Goodbye Julia opera prima del regista sudanese Mohamed Kordofani, arriva finalmente nelle sale…

[carmenvicinanza]

Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow, attrice statunitense che ha recitato in più di 50 film e vinto numerosi premi, è stata tra le cento persone più influenti al mondo per la rivista Time nel 2008.

Nota per il suo grande impegno umanitario e ambasciatrice dell’UNICEF dal 2000, ha lavorato in diversi paesi africani, compiendo missioni anche in periodo di guerra e condotto battaglie per l’ambiente e i diritti umani.

È nata col nome di María de Lourdes Villiers Farrow a Los Angeles, il 9 febbraio 1945, dal regista australiano John Farrow e l’attrice irlandese Maureen O’Sullivan. Da piccola è stata afflitta dalla poliomielite e ha trascorso un anno in un polmone d’acciaio.

La popolarità è arrivata nel 1964 con il celebre serial tv Peyton Place, accanto a Ryan O’Neal.

Il primo ruolo cinematografico che l’ha vista protagonista è stato nell’horror Rosemary’s Baby di Roman Polański, nel 1968. Da quel momento ha recitato in film che hanno fatto la storia accanto a colossi del cinema di tutti i tempi come Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, per citarne solo qualcuno.

Negli anni Ottanta, la sua relazione sentimentale e lavorativa con il regista Woody Allen l’ha vista ricoprire ruoli importanti per oltre un decennio in  molti suoi film. Le strade professionali dei due si sono divise in maniera burrascosa dopo che il regista ha intrapreso una relazione con la figlia adottiva Soon-Yi.

In quegli anni ha abbandonato le scene per dedicarsi completamente all’attivismo.

Ha promosso campagne per proteggere i diritti umani nell’Africa sub-sahariana (soprattutto quelli dell’infanzia nelle regioni sede di guerre o conflitti), ha raccolto fondi contro la poliomielite e si è recata in Angola e nel Darfur durante il conflitto armato, producendo reportage fotografici e articoli per sensibilizzare l’opinione pubblica internazionale. 

Per il suo lavoro umanitario è stata insignita con diversi premi. 

Il suo terzo viaggio in Darfur è avvenuto nel 2007, con una troupe cinematografica impegnata nella realizzazione del documentario On Our Watch. Nello stesso anno, ha co-fondato la campagna pubblicitaria Olympic Dream for Darfur, che ha attirato l’attenzione sul sostegno della Cina al governo del Sudan, con l’intento di mettere il paese in imbarazzo alle Olimpiadi di Pechino, durante le quali ha trasmesso da un campo profughi sudanese per denunciare la situazione in cui versava la regione.

Fa parte del consiglio del “Darfur Women Action Group“, organizzazione senza scopo di lucro con sede a Washington.

Nel 2009 ha prestato la propria voce come narratrice del documentario As We Forgive, che racconta la lotta delle persone sopravvissute al genocidio del Ruanda, uno dei più sanguinosi episodi della storia dell’umanità del XX secolo. Per mostrare la sua solidarietà ha fatto uno sciopero della fame, ingerendo esclusivamente acqua, per dodici giorni.

Nell’agosto 2010, ha testimoniato nel processo contro Charles Taylor, ex presidente della Liberia, presso la Corte speciale per la Sierra Leone.

Mia Farrow ha contribuito a costruire gli archivi del Darfur, che documentano le tradizioni culturali delle tribù della provincia: canzoni, balli, storie per bambini, metodi di coltivazione e resoconti di genocidio nei campi profughi della regione. Sono conservati nell’Università del Connecticut.

Nel febbraio 2015 è apparsa in un episodio di A Path Appears, una serie di documentari della PBS dei creatori del movimento Half the Sky: nell’episodio si reca a Kibera, la più grande baraccopoli keniota, per condividere storie di organizzazioni che forniscono istruzione alle ragazze a rischio.

Nel 2014 ha partecipato alle proteste contro l’azienda petrolifera Chevron Corporation che provoca gravi danni ambientali nella foresta pluviale sudamericana.

Mia Farrow ha 14 figlie e figli, di cui quattro biologici e dieci adottati. Ma ne ha persi tre: Tam, morta a 17 anni per un’overdose di farmaci nel 2000, Lark, morta di complicazioni in seguito all’AIDS nel 2008 e Thaddeus che si è suicidato nel 2016.

[marwahstudios]

ICMEI Celebrates Sudan Independence Day at International Headquarters

Noida: The International Chamber of Media and Entertainment Industry (ICMEI) celebrated the Independence Day of Sudan at its international headquarters, extending heartfelt congratulations to H.E. Abdalla Omer Bashir Elhusain, the Ambassador of Sudan to India, and the people of Sudan.

In a warm gesture, Sandeep Marwah, President of ICMEI and also the Chair for the Indo Sudan Film and Cultural Forum, conveyed his best wishes on behalf of ICMEI and the entire fraternity of art and culture. Sudan’s Independence Day, observed on the 1st of January, became an occasion for ICMEI to express solidarity and celebrate the achievements of the Sudanese people.

“I take this opportunity to extend my heartiest congratulations on behalf of ICMEI and the complete fraternity of art and culture to H.E. Abdalla Omer Bashir Elhusain, Ambassador of Sudan to India, and the people of Sudan on the Independence day, which falls on 1st January,” said Sandeep Marwah.

Highlighting the commendable efforts of the Indo Sudan Film and Cultural Forum at ICMEI, Mr. Marwah acknowledged its significant contributions over the years. The Forum has been instrumental in fostering cultural exchanges and collaborations between India and Sudan, promoting goodwill and understanding through the medium of cinema and arts.

“Indo Sudan Film and Cultural Forum at ICMEI has done commendably well in all these years,” remarked Sandeep Marwah, emphasizing the positive impact of cultural diplomacy in strengthening bilateral relations between the two nations.

The celebration at ICMEI’s International Headquarters served as a testament to the organization’s commitment to promoting cultural diversity and fostering international goodwill through various forums and initiatives.

[pynkhues]

I'm 10 for 10 again this month! 😎 Although I kinda cheated, because it's September 1 here already, and I only watched His House this afternoon, haha. A few thoughts:

Asteroid City (2023). Full disclaimer: I am a fan of Wes Anderson, but I really loved this one. Most I've liked Scarlett Johansson in a role in a while (wouldn't think she'd go that well with his tone, but controversially, maybe, I think she can actually be a really good actress with the right material), and the road runner puppet is literally everything to me.

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Talk to Me (2023). So thrilled to see more suburban Australian ratbag kids repped in horror! And very happy for Rackaracka with the success of this. It's a bit gimmicky, and I don't think the relationships are developed enough, but it worked for me overall. The bit where the boy gets possessed is! A Lot!

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His House (2020). Full disclaimer with this one, but I have a friend who I've also worked with a few times (he's an emerging filmmaker) who's a refugee from South Sudan and had spent a number of years in a refugee camp in Egypt with his infant brothers as a teenager before he was granted asylum in Australia and became a citizen in his early twenties, and we talked about this movie when it came out and he really put me off watching it.

He had gone in excited both as a fan of horror and as a South Sudanese refugee curious as to a horror movie about South Sudanese refugees, and he hated it. I can't speak to any of this, of course, but he told me that to him it felt soaked in Nigerian culture - something particularly pertinent given both the lead actors were of Nigerian heritage, not South Sudanese as the characters were, and given the story was written by two white writers, and the screenplay and direction done by a Black man from North London, I think it really underscores his points.

He felt his culture, his trauma and his community had been bastardised and exploited for a movie that wasn't actually invested in meaningfully engaging with it and treated African cultures as interchangeable when they aren't.

He still thought I should watch it, because we often talk about horror movies together when we see each other, and he still felt like it needed to be seen for better things to be made in the future, but - - yeah. I can't say his review had me rushing to see it. Anyway, yes! Watching it this afternoon, I think I was definitely impacted by that bias, but I also don't know if it works in general? Wunmi Mosaku and Sope Dirisu are both great actors, and there's some powerful cinematography, but the script jars and the pace feels uneven. I don't know, I think it had some interesting ideas about haunted houses and positioned itself compellingly as a grief narrative, but didn't steep us enough in the relationship between Rial and Bol to truly deliver.

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Embrace of the Serpent (2015). Haunting. Going to be thinking about this one forever, I think, and not sure I have the words to talk about it yet.

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The Wolf House (2018). Kind of embarrassed to say that I knew nothing about the Colonia Dignidad cult prior to watching this, and have since listened to and read SO MUCH about it. This stop motion film is the darkest of fairytales, and is kind of a movie in a movie? The idea is that it's been created by the cult as a propaganda film for the real children who tried to escape it, and it speaks so eloquently both to trauma and violence at the heart of the colony. It's really, really affecting.

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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022). I'd desperately tried to see this doco at the cinemas last year, and was so frustrated when I could never quite make it work. Just going to share my Letterboxd review here:

Pretty staggering both as an intimate personal portrait, a searing indictment on the politicians and the 1% who profit politically and financially of the HIV and opioid epidemics respectively, a call for community, a call to arms. Just - - yeah. Gonna be thinking about this one for a while.

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The Eagle Huntress (2016). Bit of a mess, really. The story of a Mongolian girl becoming an eagle huntress is genuinely amazing, but the filmmakers are so desperate to make it fit into a western girl-power box that it feels more patronising than not.

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Fire (1996). I was only a teenager when I saw the final installment in Deepa Mehta's Elements trilogy, Water, but it quickly became a favourite, yet somehow I've never actually gone back and watched the other two films in the (thematically as opposed to narratively) linked series. All the movies focus on a 'taboo' relationship in India - Water about a widow in an ashram falling for the local doctor, Earth, I believe (I still haven't seen it, haha) being about lovers of different faiths, and Fire is about a lesbian relationship between two unhappily married women.

It's pretty dated now, really, but Deepa Mehta has such an incredible sense of sensuality and intimacy, that the scenes between Sita and Radha as they slowly navigate this blossoming relationship are genuinely beautiful, and make it a lot easier to forgive some of the movies sins. Definitely worth the watch, especially given it's the first lesbian Bollywood movie ever (!)

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Ginger Snaps (2000). I cannot believe that I hadn't seen this before! It's such a girl-horror classic, and I'm v pleased to say it holds up for a first viewing. So much fun! Werewolves as a metaphor for puberty is always delightful, but this just leans into menstruation and body hair and that teenage girl anger in all the best ways. Loved it.

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A Long Day's Journey into Night (2018). Tang Wei is it, baby! Otherwise this is more an exercise in atmosphere and long shots than anything else. Wish it was better, but at least Tang can chew scenery with the best of them.

August movie challenge

While there's still a week left to go for the July movie challenge, 'I've had a few new followers here over the last two weeks, so thought I might share next month's challenge earlier so people have time to make their picks.

As always, this is an all-for-fun monthly scavenger hunt for people who love movies and want the chance to watch something they maybe wouldn't ordinarily have. Feel free to share what you're watching, or just pick a couple of prompts to get you started.

1. We're more than halfway through the year! Watch any movie released in 2023. 2. A24 is not a part of the AMPTP and is working with the striking workers and the unions to continue making independent films, so watch any A24 film. 3. The AV Club recently made a list of their Top 20 haunted house films. Watch one of the movies on this list or any other haunted house film. 4. Watch a movie set in the wilderness. 5. Watch a movie based on mythology or folklore. Some suggestions. 6. Watch a movie directed by a woman. Some suggestions. 7. Watch a movie with an animal in the title. 8. India is celebrating its Independence Day this month. Watch any Indian film. 9. Here's a list of movies about girlhood. Watch one of them! 10. The colour of the month is green! Watch any movie with a predominantly green poster.

[ourlittlesister2015]

Talking About Trees (2015), dir. Suhaib Gasmelbari

[ueberdemnebelmeer]

YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY / ستموت في العشرين 2020 | dir. Amjad Abu Alala

[hsiao-kang]

i thought this part in talking about trees (suhaib gasmelbari, 2019) was so sweet, funny, and emblematic of what makes the doc so moving

[ali-alshalali]

#Sudan has entered the Academy Awards race for the first time with the selection of Amjad Abu Alala’s You Will Die at Twenty as the country’s first Best International Feature Film submission for the 2021 Academy Awards! #Oscars2021

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