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The Student Film category features short dramas and documentaries produced by students in FilmAid's year-long, Media Entrepreneurship Training courses in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps. The short films were produced by diverse teams of young refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Sudan, Uganda and northwest Kenya. Many of the young filmmakers have spent most of their lives in the refugee camps. The Festival is thrilled to be able to provide these talented youth with a platform to have their voices heard.
“Why is there no love? Why, Mama? Why?” Mother/Land is a poem of longing and damnation in three acts. Addressed to Mama Somalia, Mama South Sudan and Mama Ethiopia, Writer/Director Bapwoch Omot Oman pleads for each mother’s reprieve – a reprieve from violence, a reprieve from division – and the opportunity to find rest and restoration in her maternal embrace. With gorgeous cinematography and a poetic voice that matches the style of each region, Bopwach captures the sounds of sorrow in the hope they might be the birth pangs of lasting peace instead.
- Year2020
- Runtime8:40
- CountryKenya
- DirectorBapwoch Omot Oman
- ScreenwriterBapwoch Omot Oman
- CinematographerGideon Mugaruka
- EditorBapwoch Omot Oman
Support emerging filmmakers and FilmAid by making a donation to FAFF 2020.
The Student Film category features short dramas and documentaries produced by students in FilmAid's year-long, Media Entrepreneurship Training courses in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps. The short films were produced by diverse teams of young refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Sudan, Uganda and northwest Kenya. Many of the young filmmakers have spent most of their lives in the refugee camps. The Festival is thrilled to be able to provide these talented youth with a platform to have their voices heard.
“Why is there no love? Why, Mama? Why?” Mother/Land is a poem of longing and damnation in three acts. Addressed to Mama Somalia, Mama South Sudan and Mama Ethiopia, Writer/Director Bapwoch Omot Oman pleads for each mother’s reprieve – a reprieve from violence, a reprieve from division – and the opportunity to find rest and restoration in her maternal embrace. With gorgeous cinematography and a poetic voice that matches the style of each region, Bopwach captures the sounds of sorrow in the hope they might be the birth pangs of lasting peace instead.
- Year2020
- Runtime8:40
- CountryKenya
- DirectorBapwoch Omot Oman
- ScreenwriterBapwoch Omot Oman
- CinematographerGideon Mugaruka
- EditorBapwoch Omot Oman