WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME
Film - Program 4 Filmfest 2022

WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME

Directed by Mo Harawe

Info

Director: Mo Harawe
Section: Program 4
Country: Germany, Austria
Year: 2022
Language: Somali
Version: Original Version with English subtitles
Cast: Xaliimo Cali Xasan, Shucayb Abdirahman Cabdi, Maxamed Axmed Maxamed, Mohamed Hirsi, Yasra Geenyada Madaw
18+ (no age rating)

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Logline

WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME

Young Farah has been given a death sentence for terrorism. In the final days before his execution, a female officer guides him through the procedures of the Somali prison system. Her gaze remains impassive; routine shields a person from empathy. Or is she starting to doubt the justness of the punishment?



  • Duration: 28 min.

Meet the director

WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME

Mo Harawe

Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mo Harawe has lived in Austria since 2009. He is currently studying visual communication and film at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. His short films have been screened and honored at various international film festivals. In 2021 he received the Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award for the screenplay of LIFE ON THE HORN. WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME celebrated its world premiere at the Berlinale in 2022.

Credits

Screenplay: Mo Harawe
Director of Photography: Steven Samy
Film Editor: Alexander Von Piechowski
Composer: El Wali, Salim Saciid
Production Designer: Boqor Xanuuna
Sound: Mohamed Abdinur Isse
Sound design: Cristi Iorga
Casting director: Maxamed Maxamuud Jaamac
Producer: Mo Harawe, Alexander Von Piechowski, Nuh Musse Berjeeb, Ahmed Farah
Production Company: School of Art, Kassel