{{short description|2023 Sudanese drama film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Goodbye Julia | image = Film poster Goodbye Julia.jpeg | caption = | native_name = {{Infobox name module|ar|وداعاً جوليا}} | director = Mohamed Kordofani | writer = Mohamed Kordofani | producer = Amjad Abu Alala<br>Mohammed Alomda | starring = Eiman Yousif<br>Siran Riak<br>Nazar Gomaa<br>Ger Duany | cinematography = Pierre de Villiers | editing = Heba Othman | music = Mazin Hamid | studio = Station Films<br> CULT<br> Klozium Studios | distributor = MAD Solutions | released = {{film date|2023|5||76th Cannes Film Festival|df=yes}} | runtime = 120 minutes | country = Sudan <br> Egypt <br> Germany<br>France <br> Sweden <br> Saudi Arabia | language = Sudanese Arabic | budget = $500,000 USD<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodbye Julia |url=https://elgounafilmfestival.com/project/24 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=elgounafilmfestival.com }}</ref> | gross = $330,972<ref>https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3645407233/weekend/</ref> }} '''''Goodbye Julia''''' ({{Langx|ar|وداعاً جوليا||translit=Wadāʻan Jūlyā}}) is a 2023 Sudanese drama film directed by Mohamed Kordofani. It is Kordofani's first feature film and the first movie from Sudan ever to be presented in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 April 2023 |title=Cannes Film Festival to celebrate more women directors, African talent |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20230413-cannes-film-festival-to-celebrate-more-women-directors-african-talent |access-date=13 April 2023 |website=RFI |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/goodbye-julia-makes-history-cannes-214736808.html|title=''Goodbye Julia'' makes history in Cannes 75|date=25 May 2023|website=Yahoo News}}</ref>
''Goodbye Julia'' was selected by the Sudanese National Committee operating in exile to compete for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, but was later not included in the shortlist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 December 2023 |title=The Academy Announces Ten Shortlists Ahead of the 96th Oscars Nominations {{!}} Above the Line |url=https://abovetheline.com/2023/12/21/96th-oscars-shortlists-2023/ |access-date=27 December 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Plot == ''Goodbye Julia'' tells the story of two women who represent the complicated relationship and differences between northern and southern Sudanese communities. It takes place in Khartoum during the last years of Sudan as a united country, shortly before the 2011 separation of South Sudan. Mona, a Muslim and former popular singer from the North, who lives with her husband Akram, seeks to attenuate her feelings of guilt for causing the death of a southern man by employing Julia, a Christian and his unsuspecting widow, as her maid.<ref>{{Cite web |last=الشرق |date=13 April 2023 |title="وداعاً جوليا".. أول فيلم سوداني في مهرجان كان {{!}} الشرق للأخبار |url=https://asharq.com/ar/7f1wz2SRgtS5BhPGjvC9oQ-وداعاً-جوليا-أول-فيلم-سوداني-في-مهرجان/ |access-date=13 April 2023 |website=Asharq |language=ar}}</ref>
== Cast ==
* Eiman Yousif as Mona * Siran Riak as Julia * Nazar Gomaa as Akram * Ger Duany as Majier
== Background == Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani lives in Bahrain and worked as an aviation engineer for many years before embarking on a career as a largely self-taught filmmaker. For his first 2015 short film ''Gone for Gold,'' he was distinguished as best director with the Sudanese Taharqa International Award for Arts . His second short film, ''Nyerkuk'' (2016),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nyerkuk: the Latest by Kordofani Films by Ola Diab |url=https://www.andariya.com/post/Nyerkuk-the-Latest-by-Kordofani-Films |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=Andariya |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103021206/https://www.andariya.com/post/Nyerkuk-the-Latest-by-Kordofani-Films |url-status=dead }}</ref> received several distinctions, including the Network of Alternative Arab Screens (NAAS) Award at the Carthage Film Festival, the Jury Award at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, and the Black Elephant Award of the Sudan Independent Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |author-last1=Lora-Mungai |author-first1=Marie |date=2021 |title=The African film industry. Trends, challenges and opportunities for growth |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379165/PDF/379165eng.pdf.multi |access-date=13 April 2023 |publisher=UNESCO |page=230 |author-last2=Pimenta |author-first2=Pedro}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Rosser|first=Michael |title=MAD Solutions moves into sales with Cannes' first Sudanese title 'Goodbye Julia' (exclusive) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/mad-solutions-moves-into-sales-with-cannes-first-sudanese-title-goodbye-julia-exclusive/5181012.article |access-date=13 April 2023 |website=Screen |language=en}}</ref>
Among other project development grants, the film received support from the Beirut-based Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC),<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFAC |url=https://www.arabculturefund.org/Projects/7170 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=www.arabculturefund.org}}</ref> the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt, the Swedish Malmö Arab Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 March 2021 |title=2021 Funding Feature Narrative Projects – Goodbye Julia {{!}} Malmo Arab Film Festival |url=https://www.maffswe.com/2021-funding-feature-narrative-projects-goodbye-julia/ |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=www.maffswe.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> and the Red Sea Fund in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2020 |title=Sudanese Film "Goodbye Julia" Clinches Five Prizes From El Gouna Film Festival |url=https://sudanow-magazine.net/page.php?Id=1162 |access-date=13 April 2023 |website=sudanow-magazine.net}}</ref>
Main roles were played by Sudanese singer and actress Eiman Yousif and Siran Riak, a former Miss South Sudan and fashion model born in today's South Sudan, who never before acted in a film.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodbye Julia - EgyptToday |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Tag/120990/Goodbye-Julia |access-date=10 May 2023 |website=www.egypttoday.com}}</ref> Commenting on the social context of his film, Kordofani said: <blockquote>"The racism that was practiced for many decades from most Northern Arabs, government and people, was a major reason for the southerners choosing to secede.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=2023-05-10 |title='Goodbye Julia' Trailer: Khartoum-Shot Drama Makes History As First Sudanese Feature To Play In Cannes |url=https://deadline.com/video/goodbye-julia-trailer-sudan-drama-cannes-2023-un-certain-regard/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> I consider ''Goodbye Julia'' a call for reconciliation and a spotlight on the social dynamics that led to the separation of the South."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>The film was produced by Dubai-born and -based Sudanese film director and screenwriter Amjad Abu Alala, whose 2019 drama film ''You Will Die at Twenty'' won the Lion of the Future Award for best debut film at the Venice Film Festival as well as the Golden Star for best narrative film at the El Gouna Film Festival. Further, this film was Sudan's first ever submission to the Academy Awards.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Mullally |first=William |date=13 April 2023 |title=Cannes 2023: Sudan makes history with first film ever selected for fest |url=https://www.esquireme.com/brief/cannes-2023-sudan-makes-history-with-first-film-ever-selected-for-fest |access-date=14 April 2023 |newspaper=Esquire Middle East – the Region's Best Men's Magazine}}</ref> ''Goodbye Julia'' also was co-produced by a number of Sudanese, Egyptian, German, French, Swedish and Saudi Arabian film production companies.
Owing to challenging political conditions and lack of infrastructure for cinematography, shooting of the scenes took 40 days from 6 November to 15 December 2022. The musical score by Sudanese musician Mazin Hamid was recorded during the civil protests in Khartoum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheded |first=Mona |date=20 May 2023 |title='Goodbye Julia' producer on Cannes' first Sudanese title: "Civil war might destroy the country, but it won't stop us filmmakers" |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/goodbye-julia-producer-on-cannes-first-sudanese-title-civil-war-might-destroy-the-country-but-it-wont-stop-us-filmmakers/5182334.article |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=ScreenDaily |language=en}}</ref> It includes music of Sudan referring to both communities, such as a song by northern songwriter Sayed Khalifa and by a choir in a southern Christian church.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salih |first=Thuraya |date=28 October 2023 |title=My Thoughts on Goodbye Julia |url=https://medium.com/@thurayasaad.ts/my-thoughts-on-goodbye-julia-48db5e0c5ff0 |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref>
In an interview with NPR network, Kordofani talked about his personal experience as a northern Sudanese with the discrimination towards southerners, his feeling of guilt and motivation to make this film just before the outbreak of the devastating military conflict that started on 15 April 2023:<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fadel |first1=Leila |last2=Advani |first2=Reena |last3=Harrell |first3=Phil |date=7 June 2023 |title=Ethnic and religious divisions fuel Sudanese film 'Goodbye Julia' |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/06/05/1180089433/sudanese-director-mohamed-kordofani-goodbye-julia |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=www.npr.org}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=Of course, I'm going to face a lot of hardship and criticism and controversy once the film screens because not a lot of people will like how the northerners are portrayed in the film. [...] No one in the film is depicted as wholly good or wholly bad because I do understand that even the northerners are victims of their societies and their communities and the values that have been passed on to them through the generations. So, I am able to empathize with all characters in the film. Yet I can point out where I think the problem lies.|author=Mohamed Kordofani, Sudanese film director}}
== Release == ''Goodbye Julia'' premiered with an audience of 1,000 spectators on 20 May 2023 in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. The screening and the following post-premiere Q&A with the cast and crew, including comments on the ongoing 2023 Sudan conflict, received standing ovations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sudan's debut at Cannes: Goodbye Julia premieres to standing ovation - Screens - Arts & Culture |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/501324.aspx |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=Ahram Online}}</ref> Further, ''Goodbye Julia'' was also shown in more than 30 international film festivals, including the BFI London Film Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |last=M. A. D. Solutions |title=Goodbye Julia - MAD Distribution Films |url=http://mad-distribution.film/movies/movie1115371.php |access-date=29 September 2023 |website=mad-distribution.film |language=en}}</ref> Karlovy Vary,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=5 July 2023 |title=Karlovy Vary: Sudan Director Mohamed Kordofani on Addressing the Legacy of Racism and Civil War in 'Goodbye Julia' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/karlovy-vary-goodbye-julia-director-mohamed-kordofani-on-sudan-legacy-of-racism-and-civil-war-1235526804/ |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> Melbourne,<ref>{{Cite web |title=GOODBYE JULIA and INSHALLAH A BOY selected for Melbourne International Film Festival {{!}} Al Bawaba |url=https://www.albawaba.com/business/pr/goodbye-julia-and-inshallah-boy-selected-melbourne-international-film-festival-1529120 |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=www.albawaba.com |language=en}}</ref> Chicago,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023 |title=59th Chicago International Film Festival Announces Award-Winners |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/59th-chicago-international-film-festival-announces-award-winners |access-date=25 November 2023 |website=www.rogerebert.com/ |language=en}}</ref> Warsaw,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Goodbye Julia |url=https://wff.pl/en/film/39-goodbye-julia |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=Warsaw International Film Festival |language=en}}</ref> Hamburg<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodbye Julia • FILMFEST HAMBURG |url=https://www.filmfesthamburg.de/film/goodbye-julia/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=FILMFEST HAMBURG |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Montreal International Black Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GOODBYE JULIA |url=https://montrealblackfilm.com/en/movie/goodbye-julia/ |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=Festival International du Film black de Montréal |language=en-US}}</ref>
In September 2023, ''Goodbye Julia'' was nominated as Sudan's candidate for Best International Feature Film at the 96 Academy Awards, to be announced on 10 March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Carly |date=26 September 2023 |title=Sudan Selects 'Goodbye Julia' for Its Academy Awards Submission for Best International Film |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sudan-goodbye-julia-academy-awards-oscars-submission-1235601292/ |access-date=29 September 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> This nomination received the support of ''Black Panther'' actress Lupita Nyong'o as executive producer.<ref>{{cite web |title='Black Panther' Star Lupita Nyong'o Joins Sudan's Oscar Submission 'Goodbye Julia' as Executive Producer |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/lupita-nyongo-sudan-oscar-international-feature-goodbye-julia-1235785613/ |access-date=9 November 2023 |website=variety.com |date=9 November 2023 |publisher=}}</ref>
On 25 October 2023, ''Goodbye Julia'' was launched commercially in 20 Egyptian cinemas, selling a record number of box office tickets for foreign films in Egypt in its first two weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2023 |title=Sudanese film Goodbye Julia released across Egyptian cinemas |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/511084.aspx |access-date=29 October 2023 |website=Ahram online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Al-Masry Al-Youm |date=9 November 2023 |title=Sudanese film 'Goodbye Julia' tops Egyptian foreign box office, earning LE1.8 mln in 2 weeks |url=https://www.egyptindependent.com/video-sudanese-film-goodbye-julia-tops-egyptian-foreign-box-office-earning-le1-8-mln-in-2-weeks/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |website=Egypt Independent |language=en-US}}</ref> Starting on 8 November, it has been shown in Paris and more than 20 other cities in France,<ref>{{Citation |last=AlloCine |title=Goodbye Julia |url=https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=315217.html |access-date=14 November 2023 |language=fr}}</ref> and on 7 December, it opened in cinemas in the Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodbye Julia in Cinemas in the GCC in December 2023 |url=https://500wordsmag.com/sudan-news/goodbye-julia-in-cinemas-in-the-gcc-in-december-2023/ |access-date=14 December 2023 |website=500 Words Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2024, the film premiered in Kenya as part of Aflam-Sudan, a weeklong screening of Sudanese films hosted by Unseen Nairobi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sudan Film Festival 2024 |url=https://www.unseen-nairobi.com/sudanfestival24 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=Unseen.Nairobi |language=en-US}}</ref> The same month, ''Goodbye Julia'' received its Jordanian premier in Amman as part of the Royal Film commission's Women's Film Week <ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Film Week Jordan, 12th Edition |url=https://film.jo/events/women%E2%80%99s-film-week |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=film.jo |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Reception == ''Goodbye Julia'' received overwhelmingly positive critical response. {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|100|4.5|20|ref=yes|access-date=July 03, 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodbye Julia - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/goodbye_julia/reviews |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref>
Reviews of the premiere were similarly positive, highlighting the film's dramatic storytelling of personal relationships before a wider social and historical background. Writing for Cineuropa portal, film critic Fabien Lemercier said: "Mohamed Kordofani offers up wonderful snapshots, overviews and explanations of all the nuances of the acute Sudanese situation of the time. [...] It makes for a film of impeccable quality, marking the birth of an incredibly promising filmmaker and confirming the emergence of a 7th art in Sudan."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lemercier |first=Fabien |date=21 May 2023 |title=Review: ''Goodbye Julia'' |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/442804/ |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=Cineuropa |language=en}}</ref>
In a similar way, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote:
{{Blockquote|text=Goodbye Julia will bring to life Sudanese issues for audiences. Kordofani's fine direction balances the film's multiple modes: It's a drama, with shades of a thriller and a sense of its own politics. With its classic, accessible style, Goodbye Julia will surely rally more support for the cinema of Sudan, a nation full of stories that need to be told about its past and present.|author=Lovia Gyarkye|title='Goodbye Julia' Review: An Operatic Drama Nimbly Tackles the Story of a Fractured Sudan|source=The Hollywood Reporter <ref>{{Cite web |last=Gyarkye |first=Lovia |date=2023-05-20 |title='Goodbye Julia' Review: An Operatic Drama Nimbly Tackles the Story of a Fractured Sudan |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/goodbye-julia-review-sudan-1235491414/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>}}In her review for ''Variety'' magazine, Jessica Kiang remarked on the story's social background, the difference of the main characters and the photographic quality:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kiang |first=Jessica |date=30 May 2023 |title='Goodbye Julia' Review: Two Women Forge a Connection Across Devastating Divides in an Engrossing Sudanese Drama |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/goodbye-julia-review-1235627682/ |access-date=8 June 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> {{Blockquote|text=Telling the story of a fraught friendship between two very different women, Kordofani's intelligent, compassionate scripting ensures that the political never overwhelms the personal. [...] Both women are equally flattered by Pierre de Villiers's warm, close-up-rich photography, but Julia remains the less well-developed. Then again, despite her relative poverty and being on the sharp end of every -ism (colorism, racism, sexism, ethnocentrism) that bedevils Khartoum at this moment in time, Julia has from the outset the freer spirit; it is Mona who is most in need of change.|author=Jessica Kiang|title=Two Women Forge a Connection Across Devastating Divides in an Engrossing Sudanese Drama|source=Variety magazine, June 2023}}
Writing for BBC News, Shereen Sherief likewise praised both the film's scenario and photography and gave special credit to the soundtrack, as well as to the two main actresses, who "explore the deep-seated tensions and divisions that resulted in the split of Sudan."<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 May 2023 |title=''Goodbye Julia'' makes history in Cannes 76 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65717177 |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=What makes ''Goodbye Julia'' truly remarkable is the level of artistry exhibited throughout the film. It is astonishing to think that this is Mohammed Kordofani's directorial debut, especially considering his lack of formal training in cinema. The high standards of craftsmanship are evident in every frame, from the visually stunning cinematography to the nuanced performances by the cast.|author=Shereen Sherief, BBC News|title=''Goodbye Julia'' makes history in Cannes 76}}In May 2024, ''Goodbye Julia'' was awarded the Prix Jean Renoir des lycéens, pronounced by a national jury of secondary schools and sponsored by the French Ministry of Education. Following this, the film will be the subject of film studies for more than 400.000 students in France during the academic year 2024/25.<ref name=":2" />
''Goodbye Julia'' was nominated as best Arab film of 2023 in several categories by the Critics Awards for Arab Films. Managed by the Arab Cinema Centre in Cairo,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab Cinema Center Organized by MAD Solutions |url=https://acc.film/about-acc.php |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=acc.film}}</ref> these distinctions are awarded by 209 critics from 72 countries, and the winners are scheduled to be announced at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=2024-04-25 |title='Goodbye Julia,' 'Four Daughters' Lead Critics Awards for Arab Films Nominations Ahead of Cannes Ceremony |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/goodbye-julia-critics-awards-arab-films-nominations-1235981699/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
In Cairo, Wael Khairy, editor of ''SceneNow'' website, praised the film's message of the racism that Southerners are confronted with in their daily lives. Despite this, he also wrote that "The opening scenes in Khartoum are filmed with the tension of a ticking time bomb, but as it approaches the second and third acts, it stumbles and treads familiar ground."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khairy |first=Wael |date=25 May 2023 |title=Cannes 2023: 'Goodbye Julia' is a Sudanese Tale of Guilt & Racism |url=https://scenenow.com/ArtsAndCulture/Cannes-2023-Goodbye-Julia-is-a-Sudanese-Tale-of-Guilt-Racism |access-date=8 June 2023 |website=SecneNow}}</ref>
In their December 2023 review of the 10 best Arab films of the year, Al Jazeera listed ''Goodbye Julia'' in first place. The review praised the film's storyline, complex main characters, musical score and, most of all, Kordofani's script and directing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=طلعت |first=علياء |date=24 December 2023 |title=أفضل الأفلام العربية في 2023.. "وداعا جوليا" و"كذب أبيض" في المقدمة |trans-title=The best Arab movies in 2023. "Goodbye Julia" and "White Lies" in the Foreground |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/arts/2023/12/24/%d8%a3%d9%81%d8%b6%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%81%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-2023-%d9%88%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%a7-%d8%ac%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a7 |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=الجزيرة نت |language=ar}}</ref>
A January 2024 review in Sudanese online magazine Andariya stressed the gender-specific aspects of the film. Thus, it emphasized "the rare and precious voice that shows how the pangs of patriarchy put their hands on the lives of women." Quoting Mona's remark in the film: “Most men are selfish and with a heart of stone.”, the review concluded:
{{Blockquote|text=Kordofani has painted the characters of all men, except the benevolent elderly photographer, as committing or heading towards violence. They go rampant and form deadly mobs in the street, set fire to poor people’s shacks, evict women, and push them in the back of their cars to imprison them. At one time or another, most male characters end up with a weapon in their hand, ready to commit a crime.|author=Mina Cherradi, review of ''Goodbye Julia'' for Andariya magazine<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cherradi |first=Mina |title=Goodbye Julia: War without Peace |url=https://www.andariya.com/post/goodbye-julia-war-without-peace?fbclid=IwAR3AfSt1d6-pdp-n9UrlqsJ0m5Eye-jlyjQRCAa86L_CXAPptVmuOcBPZi8 |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Andariya}}</ref>}} == Awards and nominations == {{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Awards and distinctions for ''Goodbye Julia'' ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Date of ceremony ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Recipient(s) ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Ref heading}} |- ! scope="row" | Cannes Film Festival | 27 May 2023 | Prix de la Liberté (Freedom Award) | ''Goodbye Julia'' | {{won}} | align="center" | ''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodbye Julia, first film by Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani, Prix de la Liberté at Cannes |url=https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-do-in-paris/cinema-series/articles/292257-goodbye-julia-first-film-by-sudanese-director-mohamed-kordofani-prix-de-la-liberte-at-cannes |access-date=27 May 2023 |website=www.sortiraparis.com |language=en}}</ref>'' |- ! scope="row" | Chicago International Film Festival | 20 October 2023 | Roger Ebert Award | ''Goodbye Julia'' | {{won}} | align="center" |<ref name=":3" /> |- ! scope="row" | Leeds International Film Festival | 19 November 2023 | Audience Award for Fiction Feature | ''Goodbye Julia'' | {{won}} | align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 2023 |title=LIFF 2023 Audience Awards |url=https://www.leedsfilm.com/news/liff-2023-audience-awards/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=www.leedsfilm.com |language=en |archive-date=10 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110214939/https://www.leedsfilm.com/news/liff-2023-audience-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | El Gouna Film Festival | 23 December 2023 | Cinema for Humanity Audience Award | ''Goodbye Julia'' | {{won}} | align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=El Gouna 2023: The Awards - The Film Verdict |url=https://thefilmverdict.com/el-gouna-2023-the-awards/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Ministry of National Education (France) | 9 May 2024 | Prix Jean Renoir des lycéens | ''Goodbye Julia'' | {{won}} | align="center" |<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Le prix Jean Renoir des lycéens est attribué à Goodbye Julia de Mohamed Kordofani |url=https://www.education.gouv.fr/le-prix-jean-renoir-des-lyceens-est-attribue-goodbye-julia-de-mohamed-kordofani-414327 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Ministère de l'Education Nationale et de la Jeunesse |language=fr}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Arab Cinema Centre (Egypt) | 18 May 2024 | Critics Awards for Arab Films: Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay | ''Goodbye Julia'' | {{won}} | align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=2024-05-18 |title='Goodbye Julia,' 'Four Daughters' Stand Out at Critics Awards for Arab Films Handed Out in Cannes |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/goodbye-julia-four-daughters-awards-for-arab-films-1236008592/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> |}
== See also == * Cinema of Sudan * List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film * List of Sudanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|14330672}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh8sauNG4AE Official trailer] on YouTube * Song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcAKtZFexB8 Gol Ley Kef] (Tell me how) performed by Eiman Yousif & Niile on YouTube * [https://cdn-medias.festival-cannes.com/uploads/2023/05/159062.pdf Press kit from Cannes Festival with pictures and information about the director, actors etc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605212113/https://cdn-medias.festival-cannes.com/uploads/2023/05/159062.pdf |date=5 June 2023 }} * [https://variety.com/2023/film/global/mohamed-kordofani-goodbye-julia-sudan-cannes-1235606021/ Interview in Variety magazine with Mohamed Kordofani about his film and the 2023 fighting in Sudan] * [https://www.wvxu.org/2023-06-05/ethnic-and-religious-divisions-fuel-sudanese-film-goodbye-julia Interview for NPR network with Mohamed Kordofani about his personal experience and motivation for the film] (text and sound file for listening)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodbye Julia}} Category:2023 films Category:2023 drama films Category:Sudanese drama films Category:2023 Arabic-language films Category:Films set in Sudan Category:2020s Sudanese films Category:2020s Egyptian films Category:2023 German films Category:2023 French films Category:2023 Swedish films Category:2023 Saudi Arabian films