THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE MO HARAWE

SCHEDULE

05-03-2025/ 07:00 PM/ Audi 5
07-03-2025/ 08:15 PM/ Audi 11

In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust and resilience will power them through their life paths.

ಬೀಸುಗಾಳಿಯ ಊರು ಎಂದೇ ಕರೆಯುವ ಸೊಮಾಲಿ ಹಳ್ಳಿಗೆ ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ ಕುಟುಂಬವೊಂದು ಬಂದು ನೆಲೆಸಿದೆ. ಅವರ ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ಆಕಾಂಕ್ಷೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಸುತ್ತಲಿನ ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣ ಸಮಾಜದ ನಡವಳಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಅವರಿನ್ನೂ ಅರಿಯಬೇಕಿದೆ. ಪ್ರೀತಿ, ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಗಳ ಮೂಲಕವೇ ಅವರು ಜೀವನಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕಿದೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann

Screenplay :

Mo Harawe

Director of Photography :

Mostafa El Kashef

Editor :

Joana Scrinzi

Music :

N/A

Sound :

Willis Abuto, Anne Gibourg, Guadalupe Cassius, Christophe Vingtrinier

Cast :

Ahmed Ali Farah, Anab Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed Mohamud Saleban

Awards - Winner :

Chicago IFF (New Directors Competition), Cork IFF (Best Film), Munich FF (CineCoPro Award- Honorable Mention), Viennale Film Award (Best Austrian Film), Sarajevo FF (Best Actress)

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Cannes FF (Golden Camera, Un Certain Regard Award), Melbourne IFF (Bright Horizons Award), Munich FF (CineCoPro Award), Sarajevo FF (Best Film), Marrakech IFF (Best Feature Film), Göteborg FF (International Competition)

MO HARAWE

Mo Harawe is a Somali/Austrian writer and director born in Mogadishu. He has been studying Visual Communication and Film at Kunsthochschule Kassel. His acclaimed short film LIFE ON THE HORN (2022) earned a Special Mention at Locarno IFF, while WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME (2022) was nominated for the European Film Award, won the Grand Prix at Clermont Ferrand as well as German LOLA and Austrian Film Award for Best Short Film in 2023. THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is his debut feature film.

  1. 1. THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
  2. 2. DROWNING DRY
  3. 3. SALVE MARIA
  4. 4. THREE KILOMETRES TO THE END OF THE WORLD
  5. 5. MEMORIES OF A BURNING BODY
  6. 6. UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
  7. 7. CAUGHT BY THE TIDES
  8. 8. FAMILIAR TOUCH
  9. 9. THE SECOND ACT
  10. 10. GRAND TOUR
  11. 11. HOLY COW
  12. 12. THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
  13. 13. GOOD ONE
  14. 14. POOJA, SIR
  15. 15. ALL SHALL BE WELL
  16. 16. QUEENS
  17. 17. BLACK DOG
  18. 18. LIONESS
  19. 19. DYING
  20. 20. ARMAND
  21. 21. SHAMBHALA
  22. 22. WAVES
  23. 23. OUR LOVELY PIG SLAUGHTER
  24. 24. THE HYPERBOREANS
  25. 25. ARCADIA
  26. 26. THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
  27. 27. TO A LAND UNKNOWN
  28. 28. ALGIERS
  29. 29. TO KILL A MONGOLIAN HORSE
  30. 30. BREATHING UNDERWATER
  31. 31. LA CASA
  32. 32. THE LAST ROMANTICS
  33. 33. STEALING ANGEL
  34. 34. THE EXILES
  35. 35. SHEPHERDS
  36. 36. GLIMMERS
  37. 37. LILIES NOT FOR ME
  38. 38. ANORA
  39. 39. QUIET LIFE
  40. 40. SEPTEMBER SAYS
  41. 41. THREE DAYS OF FISH
  42. 42. KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER'S END
  43. 43. A HOUSE ON FIRE
  44. 44. LITTLE LOVES
  45. 45. DON’T YOU LET ME GO
  46. 46. NAWI
  47. 47. THE TIES THAT BIND US
  48. 48. THROUGH ROCKS AND CLOUDS
  49. 49. MY FRIEND AN DELIE
  50. 50. ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIES
  51. 51. YOUNG HEARTS
  52. 52. JANUARY 2
  53. 53. AN UNFINISHED FILM
  54. 54. FOUR MOTHERS
  55. 55. ON FALLING
  56. 56. BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY
  57. 57. AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
  58. 58. THE PARTY’S OVER
  59. 59. THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE
  60. 60. MEASURES FOR THE FUNERAL
  61. 61. MOON
  62. 62. IVO
  63. 63. HAPPY HOLIDAYS
  64. 64. SIMA’S SONG
  65. 65. FLATHEAD
  66. 66. WINDLESS
  67. 67. MISERICORDIA
  68. 68. MONGREL
  69. 69. ACROSS THE SEA
  70. 70. THE DOG THIEF
  71. 71. PAYING FOR IT
  72. 72. FREWAKA
  73. 73. CROCODILE TEARS
  74. 74. THE GREAT YAWN OF HISTORY
  75. 75. FARUK
  76. 76. THE SHAMELESS
  77. 77. RED PATH
  78. 78. YASHA AND LEONID BREZHNEV
  79. 79. RICKERL
  80. 80. SLEEPING WITH A TIGER