Musicians, actors and artists
Mo Harawe (Maxamed Harawe)
Mo Harawe (born 1992 in Mogadishu) is a Somali-Austrian filmmaker. After moving to Austria in 2009 he made a series of award-winning short films, including Will My Parents Come to See Me, which competed at the Berlin festival in 2022. His first feature, The Village Next to Paradise, was selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2024.
Mo Harawe
- Lived
- 1992 to today
- Known as one of
- Musicians, actors and artists
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is he?
Mo Harawe is a Somali-Austrian filmmaker born in Mogadishu in 1992 (Wikipedia, Mo Harawe). He attended art school in Somalia and later studied visual communication and film at the Kunsthochschule Kassel in Germany (same source). He moved to Austria in 2009 (same source). See Somalis in Austria.
Short films
He made a series of short films from 2012, including Life on the Horn (2020) and Will My Parents Come to See Me (2022) (Wikipedia). Life on the Horn was nominated at Locarno in 2020 (same source). Will My Parents Come to See Me was nominated for the Golden Bear for best short film at Berlin in 2022 and for the European Film Awards (same source).
The Village Next to Paradise
His first feature film, The Village Next to Paradise, was selected for the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival (Wikipedia).
In short
A Mogadishu-born director whose first feature film was selected at Cannes in 2024.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Mo Harawe · en.wikipedia.org
Mo Harawe
- Lived
- 1992 to today
- Known as one of
- Musicians, actors and artists
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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