Daydreamers (2023)
When the US embassy opens the green card lottery visa, Assad writes hundreds of stories about imaginary families running away from the war and submits them. When one of the stories is accepted, Kamal, a repatriated Somali-American, helps him to find the right characters for the embassy interviews. The two have sent hundreds of fake families to the US but now their scam is about to be discovered.
Directors: Vincenzo Cavallo, Mahad Ahmed.
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Ilmi Ahmed as Assad |
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Ali Buul as Kamal |
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Zeitun Salat as Asho |
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Gure Sayid as Dahir |
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Mohamud Fidle as Liban |
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Shazmin Ali as Samira |
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Hodan Mohamed as Fartun |
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Abdirizak Maalim as Fuad |
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Mariam Ibrahim as Jamila |
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Rand Pearson as Mr. Smith |
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Ainea Ojiambo as Police officer |
| Directing | Vincenzo Cavallo | Director |
| Writing | Vincenzo Cavallo | Writer |
| Production | Titus Kreyenberg | Producer |
| Production | Vincenzo Cavallo | Producer |
| Editing | Panos Voutsaras | Editor |
| Editing | Louiza Wanjiku | Editor |
| Directing | Mahad Ahmed | Director |
| Camera | Joan Poggio | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Achieng | Costume Design |
| Sound | Grishon Onyango | Sound |
| Production | Silvia Gioiello | Production Manager |