Khartoum

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Five lives, one city… the fate of a nation. From the metropolis of Khartoum five Sudanese characters: a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two street boys all in search of freedom, have their stories unexpectedly woven together through animated dreams, street revolutions and a civil war. This autumn, audiences across the UK will have a rare chance to experience a landmark season of Sudanese cinema through Voices and Visions of Sudan – A Cinematic Reflection, a programme curated by Sudanese film curator Talal Afifi and presented by the Almas Art Foundation, Aya Films, and Maona Art. Bringing together films that span generations, genres, and geographies, the season highlights Sudan’s cultural life amid historic transformation, tracing the legacy of pioneering figures like Gadalla Gubara to urgent new works by contemporary filmmakers addressing revolution, displacement, and social upheaval. Together, these films reveal Sudanese cinema as a living archive that resists erasure, foregrounds oral memory and visual poetry, and offers alternative visions of community, identity, and futurity.