Cinema
Geedka nolosha
Abdulkadir Ahmed Said · 1988
Synopsis
A man leaves his house, crosses the village among the animals and greets villagers at work, then reaches the forest, chooses a tree there and begins to fell it. The sound of the axe frightens animals and villagers, and the fall of the tree shakes them to the core. A great wind rises; the man wraps himself in his sheet and, when he uncovers himself, he finds himself alone in the middle of a desert he does not recognise, and runs from one dune to another looking for a way out.
Context
Shot in the Somali language, the film was produced by Jubba Enterprises with the Somali public film body. The cinematography is by Fuad Abdulaziz Mohamed, the editing by Roberto Missiroli and the music by Cali Ganey; Hasan Elmi Kori Sabrie plays the role of the man. The editing intercuts the fable with shots of forest felling, by axe and by machine, and images of famine. The dictionary Cinémas d'Afrique, published by the Association des trois mondes with Karthala in 2000, gave a detailed description of it.
Who it is for
A short film in Somali, hard to find. No prior knowledge is required to follow it.
Prizes and reception
In 1988 it received the City of Turin Prize, awarded to the best film in the international short film competition at the young cinema festival.
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