Gadalla Gubara
Gadalla GUBARA (1920-2008, Sudan) is regarded as the father of Sudanese cinema. He has been making films since 1946. His daughter Sarah is seen as Sudan's first female film director. In 1972, Gubara set up Studio Gad, the first privately owned film studio in Sudan. Gadalla died of a heart attack in 2008.
Filmography
(selection) Song of Khartoum (1955, short doc), Khartoum 1960 (1960, short doc), Tajouj (1977), Les misérables (2005, co-dir)
Gadalla Gubara at IFFR
Khartoum 1960
24'
Sudan
IFFR 2010
Song of Khartoum
18'
Sudan
IFFR 2010
Tajouj
90'
Sudan
IFFR 2010