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Samia Yusuf Omar is just 9 years old when she discovers her special talent: she is faster than all the other boys and girls. With her friend Ali, who...

In the heart of rural Somalia, widowed mother Qalifo and her son, Asad, labor as camel herders. However, Asad has his heart set on a life in town...

Young Alifa looks up at the somali sky. She thinks about her daily life as a shepherdess. She knows that the day that will change her life forever is...

Prima and Lebsi are two young Afro-descendant women who grew up on the outskirts of Lisbon, daughters of immigrants who occasionally meet at a house...

In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love,...

In one of the world's largest and oldest refugee camps, Dadaab, the inhabitans survive by watching films and dreaming. The refugees cannot leave the...

When men take up arms to go against their brothers, women have to take up gravediggers’ shovels. Ceebla (Fardouza Moussa Egueh, who we also saw...

In a Somali village, Barni, a mysterious hitwoman in her fifties, dramatically resurfaces years after vanishing without a trace. There, she's intent...

Dhalinyaro tells the story of three 18-year-old high school girls, coming from different social classes, rooted in their culture but also turned to...

A coming of age fable of a Somali boy as he struggles to survive in his war-torn land.

Qabyo 2 is the quintessential example of the sequel being better than the original. Written and directed by, and starring, a legendary cast of...

How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi is furniture designer and support worker. He reenacts his life, marked by war and...

In Somalia, principled, young husband and father Abdi turns to piracy to support his family. While his wife and child wait for him in Yemen, an...

In a small town, a nomad cuts down a tree he needs to use. However, he accidentally chops down the wrong tree, felling the tree that sustains life...

Jama and Samira are newly married and very happy, but when Jama's friend Yonis show up and claim that Samira is a dangerous killer, it changes...

Ahmed lives in hiding in Sweden after fleeing from Somalia. He has been in Europe for six years. When Ahmed arrived in the Italian island of...

Centering on the revolutionary Dervish State and its influential leader, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (the "Mad Mullah") is an epic on the grandest...

On the day of a decisive court hearing and an important wedding performance, a quiet wedding musician finds his private life exposed to public...

A delightful mockumentary that underscores the universality of childhood and imagination, Warya originally screened at the Africa Film Festival...

A story about the experiences of Somali immigrants settling into their new life in Columbus, Ohio.