WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS – BEST OF FESPACO 2023
L’ENVOYEE DE DIEU
von MO HARAWE
Germany / Austria / Somalia 2022 I OV with engl. subs I 28 min
SUN 19 NOV
18:00 ARSENAL
A policewoman accompanies Farah, a young prisoner sentenced to death, during his last hours in a Somali prison. The preparations for the execution have already begun, Farah is examined by a doctor and attended to by an imam. And he is waiting for the last visit of his parents…
BIOGRAPHY
MO HARAWE was born in Mogadishu. At an art school in Somalia, he discovered a passion for cinema. He has been living in Austria since 2009. He studies visual communication as well as film and realises short films, which have been shown and awarded at international film festivals. He is also active as a screenwriter for feature films. He received the Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award 2021 for the screenplay of LIFE ON THE HORN.