Mogadishu Soldier
A camera in the hands of African Union soldiers in Mogadishu, Somalia, captures the war on the jihadist militants in Al-Shabaab.
MOGADISHU SOLDIER is a raw and unfiltered exploration of life in the Somalian war zone as seen by two Burundian soldiers. The fighting is taking place in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a city of 2 million people. Somalia is abandoned by relief organizations and NGOs, and there are almost no media coverage from within the country. It is too dangerous.
The two soldiers have been given a camera by the film’s director, and commence to deliver a steady flow of extraordinarily authentic material. MOGADISHU SOLDIER offers an unsentimental and truly unique view into the battle for control of Mogadishu as well as a portrait of life in an extreme war-zone that has relevance well beyond this specific conflict.
Technical Specifications
Year 2016
Length 84 min
Director Torstein Grude
Producer Bjarte Mørner Tveit, Torstein Grude
Language Kirundi, Somali, Swahili, English, French
Production companies Piraya Film, Making Movies, Wingman Media
Production country Norway, Finland, Denmark
Sales/Distribution World sales: Cinephil. Festival distribution: Norsk Filminstitutt
World Premiere IDFA, November 19, 2016 (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6273226/
Awards
Bergen International Film Festival 2017: Best Norwegian Documentary - Nominee
CPH:DOX 2017: F:ACT Award - Nominee
Festivals
2016
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
2017
Tromsø International Film Festival
Tampere Film Festival
CPH:DOX
Eurodok Festival
Frames of Representation
Norwegian Documentary Film Festival
INPUT Television Conference
Nordic/Docs
Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
Biografilm Festival
DokuFest - Prizren International Documentary and Short Film Festival
Love & Anarchy International Film Festival
Kapittel - Stavanger International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Speech
Bergen International Film Festival
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
International Exile Film Festival
This Human World, International Human Rights Film Festival
2018
Belfast Film Festival
ATESIB! African film festival
