It was nominated for an Oscar and made strong revenues in Egypt.. 5 information you should know about “Goodbye, Julia”

The film "Goodbye Julia" achieved wide resonance in the Arab countries, and more recently Egypt, where it received strong praise from the audience and critics.

"Specially" reviews 5 important information about the movie "Goodbye Julia":

1- Sudan unanimously chose him to represent him at the 96th Academy Awards in 2024

2- The first Sudanese film to participate in the Cannes International Film Festival, as it competed in the Un Certain Regard competition and won the Freedom Prize

3- The film has 8 international awards, namely the Roger Ebert Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, two awards from the War on Screen Festival in France, which are the Audience Award and the Press Award, and 3 international awards at the Paysages de Cinéastes Festival, which are the Emerging Jury Award and the Audience Award. The Women’s Jury Prize, the Best African Film Award at the Septimus International Awards, and the Freedom Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival.

4- The film recorded a number of screenings in cinemas, as the film was initially released in 12 cinemas, then the number increased to 19 and then to 33 in response to the public demand for the film, which had been released less than a week ago.

5- It addresses the thorny issue of the Sudanese division by telling the story of the emergence of a close friendship between two women trying to explore themselves away from the turmoil surrounding them.

Events of the movie "Goodbye Julia" The events of the film “Goodbye, Julia” take place in Khartoum just before the secession of the south, where Mona, a northern woman who lives with her husband Akram, causes the death of a southern man, then appoints his wife, Julia, who is looking for him, as a maid in her house and helps her in an attempt to purge her sense of guilt.

Details of the heroes and direction of “Goodbye Julia”

The film is directed and written by the award-winning Mohamed Kordofani, and stars theater actress and singer Iman Youssef, the famous model and former Miss South Sudan, Siran Riek. The film also stars veteran actor Nizar Juma and Qair Doini, who was chosen by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as a goodwill ambassador for East Africa and the Horn of Africa, photographed by Pierre de Villiers, edited by Heba Othman, sound engineer Rana Eid, and costume design by Mohamed El Murr.

“ Goodbye Julia ” is produced by the famous Sudanese director Amjad Abu Al-Ala, who represented Sudan in the Oscar nominations for best foreign film in 2020 for the first time in history with the film You Will Die at Twenty. It is also co-produced by Mohamed Al-Omda through the Sudanese production company Station Films.

Participating in the production are Bahu Bakhsh, Safi El-Din Mahmoud (RED STAR/Egypt), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft DGS)/Germany), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios/Sudan), Mark Ermer (Dolce Vita Films/France), and Faisal Beltoyor (Cinewaves/ Saudi Arabia), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light/Egypt), Adham El-Sherif (CULT/Egypt), and Israa Al-Kogali Hagström (Riverflower/Sweden).