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A Girl from Mogadishu
Production Still Copyright Seamus Murphy for Pembridge Film Productions Limited All Rights Reserved
Directed byMary McGuckian
Screenplay byMary McGuckian
Produced byMary McGuckian
Adrian Politowski
StarringAja Naomi King
Barkhad Abdi
CinematographyMichael Lavelle
Edited bySarah Kian, Sylvie Landra, Mairead McIvor, Gareth Nolan, Janet Twomey
Music byNitin Sawhney
Release date
  • February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22) (Dublin Film Festival)[1]
CountriesIreland
Belgium
LanguageEnglish

A Girl from Mogadishu is an Irish-Belgian film. It is a somewhat fictionalized story based on the testimony of Ifrah Ahmed, who having escaped war-torn Somalia, emerged as one of the world’s foremost international activists against gender-based violence. Filming in Belgium commenced October 18, 2017 and was completed in Ireland and Morocco. The film stars Aja Naomi King as Ifrah, Martha Canga Antonio, Barkhad Abdi, and Maryam Mursals. Winner of the 2020 Cinema for Peace Women's Empowerment Award.

  1. ^ "Dublin International Film Fest to world premiere of a Girl from Mogadishu". 6 February 2019.

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