Goodbye Juila was the first Sudanese film ever to screen in Cannes official selection. It went on to win the festival’s Freedom Prize and was later Sudan’s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.
From executive producer Lupita Nyong’o, Goodbye Julia tells the story of Mona (Eiman Yousif) and her maid Julia (Siran Rick). As political tensions mount in Khartoum, Julia finds herself torn between the truth of what happened to her missing husband, the possibility of new love with activist Majier and how she can care for her son.
Set around South Sudan’s succession from Sudan in 2011, Goodbye Julia tells a neglected but crucial historical story in exceptionally personal terms. Poignant, tender and beautifully shot, it is part of a wave of excellent films from Sudan including Talking About Trees and You Will Die at Twenty.
Proceeds from this screening will be shared with Hadhreen, a grassroots charity in Sudan offering community kitchens to Sudan's displaced people, facing humanitarian crisis.
