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Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox
SD UK DE QA 2025 80'
⚬ Current Affairs & Politics
From the metropolis of Khartoum five Sudanese characters: a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two street boys all in search of freedom, have their stories unexpectedly woven together through animated dreams, street revolutions and a civil war.
"a necessary watch" - Variety
"a uniquely poignant hybrid documentary about a war-torn nation and its people"- POV Magazine
"Khartoum’ is no elegy or funeral dirge for Sudan. It is a loving celebration of their homeland, set to the lively beats of Sudanese musicians" - Roger Ebert
Director | Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Brahim Snoopy, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Phil Cox |
Producers | Giovanna Stopponi, Talal Afifi |
Co-Producers | Trevor Snapp, Frank Albers |
Executive Producers | Bryn Mooser, Justin Lacob, Laura Choi Raycroft, Judy Kibinge, Susan Mbogo, Emma Hindley |
Production Company | Native Voices Films |
Co-Production Company | BBC Storyville, Sudan Film Factory |
Cinematography & Sound | Anas Saeed, Snoopy Ibrahim, Waleed Alaa, Yousef Jubeh, Phil Cox |
Editor | Yousef Jubeh |
Music | James Preston |
Sundance 2025 |
Berlinale 2025 |
| Runtime | 80' |
| Spoken Languages | Arabic |
| Production Countries | Sudan, UK, Germany, Qatar |
Brahim Snoopy is a Sudanese filmmaker and cinematographer working recently for ARTE, BBC and The Washington Post, as well as music videos, commercials, and shorts. Notable works include the feature documentaries *Khartoum Offside*, which won Best Documentary at the Carthage Film Festival, and From Argentina to Sudan, as well as the award-winning shorts Serotonin and Journey to Kenya. This is his second feature.
Rawia Alhag Rawia Alhag is a Sudanese filmmaker and screenwriter now based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work focuses on women’s and children’s issues, shedding light on the experiences and struggles of Sudanese people both within their communities and in the diaspora. She directed the award-winning short film "Out of Coverage", which won Best Foreign Film at the Juba Film Festival.
Anas Saeed a Sudanese media maker, started working as a video journalist for the independent media house, Ayin Network. He has produced several reportage works for international media that focus on human rights issues affecting different communities across Sudan. His work for Ayin Media has focused on covering culture and the recent war. His latest work is Five Meals of Resistance, soon to be released to festivals.
Timeea Mohamed Ahmed is a Sudanese director, editor & producer based in East-Africa. His work explores non-narrative experimental & documentary. He directed short films, including Saddari (2023) and Is it War? (2024). Other credits are Flower of Sinkat (2018), Hope Journey (2021), as well as advocacy and commercial campaigns. His films center on the culture and struggles of Sudan.
Creative Director & Film Writer - Phil Cox – Native Voice Films
Phil is the co-director of award-winning indie film collective Native Voice Films since 1998 and has directed and shot over 30 films for TV and cinema. His recent cinematic features as director/writer are THE BENGALI DETECTIVE (Sundance and Berlin premiere – HBO), LOVE HOTEL (Toronto premiere. Netflix / BBC Storyville), BETTY THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT (IDFA premiere, ARTE / BBC / Amazon), THE CLEANER (FR2), AND THE SPIDER-MAN OF SUDAN (ARTE / GUARDIAN). He is the recipient of a British Grierson Award, a Rory Peck Award, and the Hinzpeter and Bayeux Calvados awards for his work in Sudan since 2004.
