Goodbye Julia (Wadaean Julia)

Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona – a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage – tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.

Goodbye Julia world premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard, going on to win the festival’s Freedom Prize. It was also Sudan’s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.