Cast

Manar Al Hilo Suliman Elnour Eltayeb Mahdi Ibrahim Shaddad

Credits

Written by: Suhaib Gasmelbari
Editing: Gladys Joujou Nelly Quettier

Plot

Four elderly Sudanese filmmakers try to restore an abandoned cinema in Omdurman and revive the culture of cinema in a country that has lost it, in a gentle, funny documentary.

Sinekatalog’s take

A gentle, funny and moving documentary.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (925 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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