‘I walk the red carpet while people run from bullets’, says director of first Sudanese film at Cannes

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In ‘Goodbye Julia’, Mohamed Kordofani looks at the effect that the separation of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011 had on people’s lives through two women, Mona and Julia. “Goodbye Julia” director Mohamed Kordofani in Cannes, France REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier For Mohamed Kordofani, being at the Cannes Film Festival is bittersweet: he directed the first Sudanese film to be included in the festival’s official selection, while weeks of fighting in Sudan have driven nearly 1.1 million people from their homes. “I am immensely honored and very happy that the film has arrived at Cannes, and it is a huge reward for the entire crew and cast, including myself,” he told Reuters on Monday. “But at the same time, I feel really bad… I walk the red carpet while people run away from bullets and bombs.” Her film, “Goodbye Julia”, which premiered on Saturday (20), looks at the effect that the separation of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011 had on people’s lives through two women, Mona and Julia, played by the actress and singer theater director Eiman Yousif and model Siran Riak. Mona, a retired singer from northern Sudan, tries to erase her feelings of guilt after covering up a murder by taking the victim’s South Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son into her home. Unable to confess, she decides to put the past behind her. Sudan has been gripped by fighting between two military factions for more than a month, with several ceasefire agreements falling apart. About 705 people died and at least 5,287 were injured, according to the World Health Organization, although the death toll is believed to be much higher.

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