MTV Somali Films

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• Kenya
• Nairobi

As cinema returns to Somalia, upcoming film Ayaanle rides the wave

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REUTERS In the new film “Ayaanle”, a Somali actor living in a poor neighbourhood in Nairobi dreams of a breakthrough...

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• Burkina Faso
• Ouagadougou

Somali film ‘The gravedigger’s wife’ wins big in Africa Film Festival

1 year ago mtv somali

The Somali film "The Gravedigger's Wife" by Khadar Ahmed has won the highest award at the African Film Festival (FESPACO)...

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• London Film Festival
• United Kingdom

‘I wanted this film to be 100% Somali’: the fight to make The Gravedigger’s Wife

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“I am Somali and I made this film for Somali people to watch a film in their mother tongue without...

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• Cannes Film Festival
• France

Somalia selects ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ as first ever Oscar submission (WATCH OFFICIAL TRAILER)

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Finnish-Somali filmmaker Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s The Gravedigger’s Wife, which world premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week in July, has been selected as...

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• Canada
• Toronto

‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’: Somali-Finnish story wins at Toronto Film Festival

2 years ago mtv somali

The victor tells the tale of a man who's trying to find ways to pay for his sick wife's treatment...

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• Seoul
• South Korea

Review: Thrilling ‘Escape from Mogadishu’ one of the best action films of the summer

2 years ago mtv somali

South Korean movie based on a true story of diplomats fleeing from a collapsing Somalia crackles with suspense. Most American...

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• Cannes Film Festival
• MTV Somali Films

‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’: first trailer for Cannes Critics’ Week title (exclusive)

2 years ago mtv somali

Screen can exclusively reveal the first trailer for Finnish-Somali filmmaker Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s The Gravedigger’s Wife ahead of its world premiere in Cannes...