WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME

Somalia. A policewoman is sitting in her parked car. After a while, she gets out, puts on her service cap and enters the prison. There, decisive hours have dawned for young Farah. An organizational machinery begins to run around him. Farah will be examined by a doctor, instructed by the bailiff, and cared for by an imam. He waits for his parents to visit.

“How are you,“ is the question Farah asks everyone that day. “Fine,“ is his short answer, always the same. Only when the policewoman takes Farah out of town the next morning does the unspeakable become a painful reality.

Mo Harawe © Muha Harawe
Mo Harawe © Muha Harawe
photos © Mo Harawe
  • Genre
    Drama
  • CATEGORY
    Short
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2022
  • DIRECTOR
    Mo Harawe
  • SCREENPLAY
    Mo Harawe
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Steven Samy
  • CAST
    Xaliimo Cali Xasan, Shucayb Abdirahman Cabdi, Geenyada Madaw, Mohamed Hersi, Maxamed Axmed Maxamed, Faysal Colaad Muxumed, Guuleed Xasan Saleebaan
  • PRODUCERS
    Mo Harawe, Alexander von Piechowski
  • CO-PRODUCERS
    Nuh Musse Berjeeb, Ahmad Farah
  • PRODUCTION COMPANIES
    Mo Harawe, Alexander von Piechowski
  • RUNTIME
    28 min
  • LANGUAGE
    Somali
  • FESTIVALS
    Berlinale Shorts 2022, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2022, Vienna Shorts 2022, Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2023
  • AWARDS
    Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2022: Bester Spielfilm (10-30 min), European Film Awards 2022: Shortfilm Nomination, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2022: Grand Prix Short Film
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