BOOKLET CORRECTION UPDATE

The film screening time for Thursday, Feb. 12  "THE MAN WHO PLANTS BAOBABS" is at 7:00 PM. If you have a physical copy of our 36th festival booklet, please make note of this correction.

The Village Next to Paradise

Directed by Mo Harare

Somalia
2024, 134 min

In a Somali desert village, Mamargade shelters his sister Araweelo, after a domestic conflict forces her arrival. Bound together by circumstance rather than choice, they navigate hardship, responsibility, and the uneasy ties that redefine their relationship.

Somali/ English subtitles

Country notes: Somalia

Saturday, February 28, 2026 | 7:00pm
PCC Cascade Campus

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