Main Cast: Ahmed Ali Farah, Anab Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed Mohamud Saleban
Supporting Cast: Axmed Cabdillahi Ducaale, Maxamed Xaaji Cabdi Faarax, Maxamed Axmed Maxamed, Maxamed Maxamuud Jaamac

Writer & Director: Mo Harawe
Cinematographer: Mostafa El Kashef
Casting: Mohamed Mohamud Jama
Production Design: Nuur Abdulkadir
Make up & Hair: Fatuma Yussuf
Costume Design: Sarah Ismail
Sound: Willis Abuto, Anne Gibourg, Guadalupe Cassius, Christophe Vingtrinier
Editing: Joana Scrinzi, aea

Executive Producers Somalia: Nuh Musse Berjeeb, Abdimalik Yusuf, Ahmed Farah, Osman Hassan Hussein
Co-producers: Jean Christophe Reymond, Nicole Gerhards, Mo Harawe
Producers: Sabine Moser & Oliver Neumann
Production: Freibeuterfilm
In collaboration with Kazak Productions (France), NiKo Film (Germany), Maanmaal ACC (Somalia)
(c) 2024 FreibeuterFilm

Supported by: Austrian Film Institute / Vienna Film Fund / ÖFI+ / ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen / ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel in collaboration with ARTE / Cinémas du Monde –Centre National du Cinéma et de L’image Animée –Institut Français / Région Ile de France / World Cinema Fund

 

Recipient of the Atlas Workshops Prize for Postproduction – Marrakech International Film Festival

As part of the project, ecological and sustainable production methods were implemented in accordance with the Green Filming Guidelines of the Austrian Film Institute. Measures have been taken to reduce CO2 and resource consumption and to produce less waste.

Mo Harawe is a Somali/Austrian writer and director born in Mogadishu. He has been studying Visual Communication and Film at Kunsthochschule Kassel. „The Village Next to Paradise“ is his debut feature film, following his acclaimed short films „Life on the Horn“ (2020) that earned a Special Mention at Locarno International Film Festival, while “Will My Parents Come to See Me“ (2022) was nominated for the European Film Award, won the Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand as well as German LOLA and Austrian Film Award for Best Short Film in 2023.

Filmography:
2020 – Life on the Horn
2022 – Will My Parents Come to See Me”
2024 – The Village Next To Paradise