Mohamed Kordofani finds himself in A bittersweet situation at the Cannes Film Festival, like his achievement of Guidance first to be Sudanese film featured in festivals official selection It is undoubtedly a source of Pride, background against that unfold is populated with sorrow.
Constant conflicts in resulted from Sudan in displacement of Approximately 1.1 million individuals from their homes cast a shadow of Sorrow over He was Kordofani experience.
“I feel very proud and very happy about the movie made To Cannes, which is like great reward “To all the crew, to the actress, and myself included,” he told Reuters. “But at the same time, I really feel bad … I walk While the red carpet people They run away from bullets and shelling.”
His movie “Goodbye Julia” premiered last Saturday, see effect South Sudan secession from Sudan in It was 2011 on people live through two womenMona and Julia, performed by theater actor and singer Eman Youssef W model Siran Ryak.
Undermined by racism, war and political instability, relations between the two countries countries remains tense to this day.
Mona, a retired singer from northern Sudan, is trying to erase her feelings of Guilt after coverage up a murder By taking Julia, a South Sudanese widow to the victim son inside it home. Unable to confess, I decided to leave past behind.
Sudan witnessed fighting between the two military factions for more a month ago with Many cease-fires failed to hold.
about 705 people At least 5,287 have been killed and injured, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), though true death It is believed that the number of victims is high higher.
Kordofani expressed his hope that Sudan will find peace and reconciliation in the future.
“I hope we appreciate it build a new national An identity you can be proud of of The values you bring people together like freedom; like justice; like coexistence “.