For Mohamed Kordofani, being at the Cannes Film Festival is bittersweet: He directed the first Sudanese film to be included in the festival's official selection as weeks of fighting in Sudan have driven nearly 1.1 million people from their homes.
is bittersweet: He directed the first Sudanese film to be included in the festival's official selection as weeks of fighting in Sudan have driven nearly 1.1 million people from their homes.
"But at the same time, I feel really bad ... I walk the red carpet while people are running away from bullets and bombing." Undermined by racism, war and political instability, relations between the two countries remains tense to this day.
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