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Tajouj
''Tajouje'' ( ar, تاجوج, Tājūj; also ''Tajouj'') is a 1977 Cinema of Sudan, Sudanese historical romance film directed by Gadalla Gubara, who considered it his best cinematographic work. It was the first feature film directed by a Sudanese filmmaker. It presents a dramatic story about the unhappy love of two suitors towards the heroine Tajouj. Set in rural Eastern Sudan, it featured the actor Salah ibn Albadya, who was also known for his songs of popular urban music in Sudan. Among other awards, ''Tajouje'' won the Nefertiti Statute, Egypt's highest film award at the Cairo International Film Festival in 1982, and prizes at film festivals in Alexandria, Ouagadougou, Tehran, Addis Ababa, Berlin, Moscow, Cannes and Carthage. In 2015, the original copy was Film preservation, digitally restored by a German-Sudanese film project and shown both in Sudan and abroad. Plot The film's story takes place in the distant past in the eastern part of Sudan in a isolated village. Mohallak, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadalla Gubara
Gadalla Gubara (, 1920–2008) was a Sudanese cameraman, film producer, director and photographer. Over five decades, he produced more than 50 documentaries and three feature films. He was a pioneer of African cinema, having been a co-founder of both the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers FEPACI and the FESPACO Film festival (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso). His daughter, Sara Gubara, who is a graduate of Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema, Egypt, assisted him with his later film projects, after he had lost his eyesight. She is considered to be Sudan's first female film director. Early life Gubara was born in Khartoum, Sudan in 1920. His father was a farmer, and a part of the extended family of Muhammad Ahmad. During World War II, he served as an officer in the Royal Corps of Signals on the North African campaign. There, the Colonial Film Unit screened films such as '' Desert Victory'', ''Our African Soldiers on Active Service'' and ''With Our African Troops in the Middle East'' fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
