Film Catalogue

In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa finds herself torn between tradition and change. When a businessman arrives with genetically modified cotton and a marriage proposal, she becomes the centre of a struggle for her village’s future. As her grandmother, Al-Sit, clings to old hierarchies, Nafisa begins to awaken to her own power. A tender and politically charged coming-of-age tale about women’s resilience, self-determination, and the fight to shape their destiny.

An artist profile of Kamala Ibrahim Ishag, commissioned by the Serpentine Galleries, celebrating the pioneering Sudanese artist whose work blends earthly and spiritual realms, exploring human connection to the natural world with a visionary and deeply personal aesthetic.

Suzi is the voice of her generation — the virtual voice, that is. She is lit by temporary outrage. A trending indignation. A passion that is fashion.

In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker - but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad. But Nafisa’s grandmother, the powerful village matriarch Al-Sit, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future.

Through flickering lights, floating kites and pianolas, the film creates a dreamlike, almost utopian portrait of Doha — a city living its own life, independent of its inhabitants. It explores hidden aspects of modernity: automation, alienation and the strange poetry of the urban.

In a stalled traffic jam in Doha, the camera follows a cross-section of people — each in their car — as their inner thoughts and dreams unfold. The film’s fluid movement between characters paints a portrait of a transient society, a temporary city on the move.

After the loss of their only daughter, the parents are left shattered by grief. When she suddenly reappears at their door — weak, starving, yet alive — they welcome her back, and life seems to return to normal. But that doesn’t last long.

The Bedouin woman Hind recounts a strange dream in which she wanders alone through the desert, meets an old fortune-teller, and glimpses a futuristic city rising from the sands. The film weaves together dream and reality, revealing how hope can surface even beneath a harsh, desolate desert sky.

We meet Morgan, the leader of Students for Palestine in Trondheim, and follow their campaign to pressure NTNU to freeze its collaboration with Kongsberg Gruppen.