Nothing Happens after Your Absence

لا شيءَ يحدثُ بعدَ غيابِكَ

Ibrahim OMAR

Quinzaine 2026 | Short film | 16 min

World premiere

Ibrahim goes back to the village he once left, hoping to screen films. But as he wrestles with custom and bureaucracy, war ignites across Sudan, turning his search for a screen into a battle to stay alive.

Artistic & technical sheet

Contacts

With

Ibrahim Omar (Ibrahim),
Ali Hommed (Ali),
Hommed Mohammed Ali (Hommed),
Qassem Al-Araby (Qassem),
Mohammed Yaqoub (Yaqoub)

Photography

Ala Kheir

Editing

Ziad Faid,
Youhanna Nagy

Screenplay

Ibrahim Omar

Sound

Ala Kheir, Ibrahim Omar , Youssef Assaf

Ibrahim Omar is a Sudanese filmmaker and writer, a graduate of the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo, and founder of the Sudan Film Institute. His short Nothing Happens after That won the Jury Prize at Oberhausen and the Golden Tanit at Carthage. His debut hybrid feature Nothing Happens after the Revolution premiered at Visions du Réel 2026. His work explores exile, memory, and fragile identity. His latest film, presented here, is part of a trilogy titled After the Event or Post-Trauma.

Screenings in Cannes

05/21 at 15:00 - Le Théâtre Croisette

05/22 at 19:00 - Cinéma Alexandre III