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Sudan selects Cannes award-winning film Goodbye Julia for Oscars

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Mohamed Kordofani's debut feature about South Sudan's split from the north won the Un Certain Regard freedom prize at the Cannes Film Festival. “Goodbye Julia” is set in Khartoum in the years leading up to South Sudan’s independence referendum in 2010. It explores the troubled coexistence between unequal communities in a society blighted by racism.

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Oscars: Sudan Submits ‘Goodbye Julia’ For Best International Feature Film

Sudan has submitted Mohamed Kordofani’s Khartoum-set drama Goodbye Julia for Best International Feature Film at the 96thAcademy Awards. The film made history in Cannes this year as the first Sudanese film to play in the festival after it was selected for Un Certain Regard. Its premiere took place just weeks after fighting broke out in Khartoum due to a clash between rival generals, which has led to the deaths of 5,000 people and uprooted sev…

2 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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