New Talent
Feature Film
Drama

The Village Next to Paradise

In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust and resilience will power them through their life paths.

Data

Genre: Drama
Category: Feature Film, New Talent
Financing: Majoritäre Koproduktion
Format: DCP, 100 Min
Release: 08.11.2024
Distribution: FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions: 5.469
Funding Film Institute: 482.000 €
Share of Austrian production costs: 25 %
Share of total production costs: 25 %
Funding ÖFI+: 303.400 €
Share of total production costs: 16 %
Television investment: 243.000 €
Co-production: Kazak Production (FR, 19%), NiKo Film (DE) und Maanmaal ACC (SO)
International funding: Cinémas du Monde – Centre National du Cinéma et de L’image Animée – Institut Français, Région Ile de France, World Cinema Fund
Funding program: ÖFI, ÖFI+
Film location: Somalia
Shooting time: June - September 2023
Days of shooting: 64
Completion: Fall 2024
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien

Credits

Production: FreibeuterFilm GmbH
Producer Austria: Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser
Director: Mo Harawe
Script: Mo Harawe
DOP: Mostafa El Kashef
Editor: Joana Scrinzi
Sound engineer: Willis Abuto, Anne Gibourg, Guadalupe Cassius, Christophe Vingtrinier
Sound design: Julien Roig
Costume design: Sarah Ismail
Set design: Nuur Abdulkadir
Green Film Consultant: Vassili Firsov
Cast: Ahmed Ali Farah (Mamargade), Anab Ahmed Ibrahim (Araweelo), Ahmed Mohamud Saleban (Cigaal)
Production manager: Lena Krins
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), ARTE ZDF