The Village Next to Paradise

New Directors Competition

The Village Next to Paradise

The Village Next to Paradise

Austria, France, Germany, Somalia 2024 Fiction cor 133 min.

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.

Presented at the Cannes Film Festival.

Austria France Germany Somalia international film festivals family education

direction

Mo Harawe

screenplay

Mo Harawe

cinematography

Mostafa El Kashef

editing

Joana Scrinzi

sound

Guadalupe Cassius, Willis Abuto, Anne Gibourg, Christophe Vingtrinier

production design

Nuur Abdulkadir

cast

Ahmed Ali Farah, Ahmed Mohamud Saleban, Anab Ahmed Ibrahim

production

Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann

co-production

Jean-Christophe Reymond, Nicole Gerhards, Mo Harawe

produced by

FreibeuterFilm

co-produced by

Kazak Productions, NiKo Film, Maanmaal ACC

world sales

Totem Films

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

14