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‘Four Daughters’ & ‘Goodbye Julia’ Lead Nominations For 8th Edition Of Critics Awards For Arab Films

'Four Daughters' & 'Goodbye Julia' Lead Nominations For 8th Edition Of Critics Awards For Arab Films

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated documentary Four Daughters and Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani’s Lupita Nyong’o-EPed drama Goodbye Julia lead the nominations in the eighth edition of the Critics Awards for Arab Films. Kordofani’s Khartoum-set drama Goodbye Julia was also at Cannes in 2023, making history as the first Sudanese film to play in the festival across its 76 editions, with a debut in Un Certain Regard. Set against the backdrop of the 2011 South Sudan Independence referendum, the drama explores the country’s North-South divide through the complex relationship between two women from either side.

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