Mo Harawe makes history this Cannes Film Festival with debut feature The Village Next To Paradise, which is world premiering in Un Certain Regard as the first Somalian title to make it into Official ...

Finnish Somali filmmaker Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, whose debut feature “The Gravedigger’s Wife” premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 2021, is developing his follow-up, “Thundering Smoke,” which follows a ...

In the new film "Ayaanle", a Somali actor living in a poor neighbourhood in Nairobi dreams of a breakthrough role to take him to Hollywood but is frustrated when he's only ever cast as a pirate or ...

EXCLUSIVE: French sales and production company Totem Films has boarded international sales on Somalia-set drama The Village Next To Paradise by Mo Harawe. The movie was among 14 titles announced for ...

The short film "Dhaanto" directed by Yasmin Yassin features a Somali dance troupe that is sharing traditional moves with young Somali Americans in Minneapolis. [MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY WURZER: A local ...

Photographer's film 'Dhaanto' about Somali dance troupe is 'a love letter to my community' Yasmin Yassin only started filming the short documentary after spending months with the group, based out of ...

The selection includes the world premiere of Barni, Mohammed Sheikh’s debut feature, about a nine-year-old girl who ...