Film of the Week

Talking About Trees (2019)

Documentary | 1h 34m

The story of four Sudanese filmmakers united by an old friendship, as they try to inspire the love of cinema in a deeply wounded country.

Ibrahim, Suleiman, Manar and Altayeb are founding members of the ‘Sudanese Film Group’. Friends for over four decades, but after years apart due to exile, the quartet of filmmakers are reunited and rekindle their dream of bringing cinema to the masses in their home country of Sudan. From the rubble of their wounded nation’s film industry, and using whatever materials are on hand, the four intrepid friends attempt to restore their country’s cultural history through the power of film.

Director & Screenwriter: Suhaib Gasmelbari

Producer: Marie Balducchi

Co-Producer: Melanie Andernach, Mahamat Saleh Haroun

Cinematographer: Suhaib Gasmelbari

Editor: Nelly Quettier, Gladys Joujou

Sound: ElSadig Kamal, Katharina Von Schroeder

Mixing: Jean-Guy Véran

Cast: Ibrahim Shaddad, Suliman Ibrahim, Eltayeb Mahdi, Manar Al-Hilo, Hana Abdelrahman Suliman