Short Films by Sudanese Film Group

1977 / 75min / DCP

The foundation of the Sudanese Film Group by Eltayeb Mahdi, Ibrahim Shaddad, and Suliman Elnour in April 1989 was the climax of a period of creative ferment that had been underway in Sudanese filmmaking since the late ’70s, when these three men began producing formally innovative and slyly subversive shorts under state sponsorship. This program of restored materials presents the endlessly inventive–and uniquely Sudanese–works this cohort produced. Includes The Tomb (Al Dhareeh), The Station (Al Mahatta), The Rope (Al Habil), and A Camel (Jamal).

Restored in 2018 by Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art in collaboration with Sudanese Film Group.