Mo Harawe makes history this Cannes Film Festival with debut feature The Village Next To Paradise, which is world premiering in Un Certain Regard as the first Somalian title to make it into Official ...

Making large scale action films can be challenging for any production, but for “Escape From Mogadishu” producer Hyejung Kang, the challenge wasn’t the budget or even the scale of the film but not ...

Ryoo Seung-wan's action drama is based on the true story of South and North Korean diplomats who joined forces to escape the 1990s Somali civil war. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The Korean ...

Abshir Rageh had to sneak out from home to see bootleg Indian films and “Rambo” at a makeshift cinema. Now, he’s creating dramas that draw millions of online views in a country inching toward ...

EXCLUSIVE: French sales and production company Totem Films has boarded international sales on Somalia-set drama The Village Next To Paradise by Mo Harawe. The movie was among 14 titles announced for ...

Finnish Somali filmmaker Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, whose debut feature “The Gravedigger’s Wife” premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 2021, is developing his follow-up, “Thundering Smoke,” which follows a ...

Plans are underway to showcase Somali culture and history in Nairobi through an exhibition, according to Ali Said Hassan, the organizer. Hassan, who was the first person to establish a photo studio in ...