Diagonale
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Monday, 31.03.
20:30, Rechbauer

Bufis – Daydreamers

Feature Film, DE/KE 2023, DCP, 100 min, OmeU

A lot of Somali refugees dream of a better life in the U.S. For Assad (Ilmi Ahmed), this is a lucrative business opportunity. When the U.S. embassy in Kenya opens the green card lottery, he assembles fake families. He writes the script and coaches the actors. All they have to do is follow his plan and give it their best shot at the interviews. But his latest clients are going to reach a lot more than the realization of their dreams. An entertaining comedy about the Somali diaspora in Nairobi. 

Director: Mahad Ahmed, Vincenzo Cavallo
Script: Vincenzo Cavallo, Titus Kreyenberg
Cast: Ilmi Ahmed, Ali Buul, Zeitun Salat, Mohamud Fidle
Camera: Joan Poggio
Editor: Louiza Wanjiku Maqbul, Panos Voutsaras
Location Sound: Bilal Hamisi
Music: Hodan Mohamed Aden, Eric Musyoka, Gure Sayid Noor, Abdulaziz Mohamud Hassan
Production Design: Isaac Njue
Costumes: Sarah Achieng
Producers: Vincenzo Cavallo, Titus Kreyenberg
Production: Cultural Video Production (KE)
Co-production: Unafilm (DE)
World Sales: Rushlake Media
World Premiere: Warsaw Film Festival 2023
Austrian Premiere: Diagonale '25

 

 

 

 

 

 

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