BETWEEN EXILE AND LOSS

A film by Motasim Morsal Adam (Teko) and David Fedele (7mins / 2026)

A STORY OF DISPLACEMENT, SURVIVAL, AND THE SEARCH FOR BELONGING

PASSWORD: Sudan

SYNOPSIS

Between Exile and Loss is a poetic short film by young Sudanese poet and filmmaker-in-exile Motasim Morsal Adam (Teko).

Filmed in secret on mobile phones as he fled the war in Sudan, the film is composed entirely of footage and photographs captured during Motasim's journey through Sudan, Chad, Libya, Algeria and Morocco — much of it smuggled out from prisons and detention centres.

Between Exile and Loss transforms a journey of forced displacement into a lyrical meditation on memory, exile and the struggle to survive.

MOT DE PASSE: Sudan

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PAST SCREENINGS

Sunday 27th September 2026 | Moscow, RUSSIA
Days of Ethnographic Cinema (Pre-Premiere)

FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

Friday 9th October 2026 | Fameck (Moselle), FRANCE
Arab Film Festival of Fameck
* WORLD PREMIERE *

Monday 26th October 2026 | La Roche-sur-Yon, FRANCE
Cinema Le Concorde (in association with La Cimade)

Tuesday 27th October 2026 | Munich, GERMANY
REGSAM

March 2027 | Sheffield, UNITED KINGDOM
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival

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