Synopsis:

Born between wars and borders, Ibrahim has never truly belonged anywhere. The son of a Sri Lankan mother and a Sudanese father who met while fleeing civil wars, his life has been shaped by constant displacement. Raised in Lebanon without citizenship and later forced to move to Sudan after his father’s deportation, his sense of home has always been fragile.

When war erupts in Sudan in 2023, Ibrahim flees to East Africa, is search for safety, while sporadically reaching out to his parents, who remain trapped amid bombings, blackouts, and failing networks. Ibrahim decides to risk returning to Sudan, after being away for years. He embarks on a journey that becomes a visit to his past and discovers why his life had never truly found stability and peace.

Through a hybrid visual language combining archival footage, animation, home videos, and vérité moments, Where Do I Belong unfolds as an intimate road movie about memory, family and the instability that keeps shaping his life.

Director’s profile:

Ibrahim “Snoopy” Ahmed is an award-winning Sudanese filmmaker whose multicultural background and experience of displacement shape his storytelling. An alumnus of DFI, Durban FilmMart, IDFAcademy, and Berlinale Talents, his credits include Khartoum Offside (2019), Journey to Kenya (2020), and Sudan, Remember Us (2024). His latest film, Khartoum(2025), became the first Sudanese film to premiere at both the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlinale, where it received the Berlinale Peace Award. Beyond filmmaking, Ibrahim contributes to panels and workshops, sharing his experience and supporting emerging filmmakers around the region, particularly from underrepresented communities.

Producer’s profile:

Talal Afifi is a Sudanese film producer and curator whose work has been central to the revival of Sudanese cinema. Born in Hamburg in 1976, he founded the Sudan Film Factory (2010) and the Sudan Independent Film Festival (2014), two key platforms that have empowered emerging filmmakers and fostered a vibrant independent film culture in Sudan and Africa. As a producer, Afifi has produced and supported numerous short and feature films, including “You Will Die at Twenty (2019)”, “De la Nubia a La Plata (2022)”, and “Khartoum (2025)”, which was premiered at Sundance Film Festival and won awards at the Berlinale and Barcelona Documentary Film Festival. His curatorial work spans regional and international film festivals such as Luxor African Film Festival, Palestine Cinema Days, and Sharjah Film Platform, where he advocates for socially engaged and culturally significant cinema. Afifi has also served on juries for major festivals and awards including the International Documentary Association (IDA), Hot Docs (Canada), the Film Festival of Oran (Algeria), Wijhat (Culture Resource’s foundation) Awards, and Sharjah Film Platform (UAE).