Darfur Cinema Center
This is a program within the Sama Foundation focusing on the use of media and film production for advocacy, as well as documenting heritage and cultural topics.
Implemented Projects
Cinema School Project
Comprehensive awareness program targeting high school students in Nyala City. The project featured film screenings and seminars addressing gender and addiction issues.
- Duration: November 2019
- Location: Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan
- Beneficiaries: 1,000 Students
"Forgotten in the Alleys" Film
This landmark work, as the center’s maiden production, illuminated a historical injustice and addressed issues of social justice, specifically tackling the persistent problem of informal housing and the right to adequate housing.
- Duration: 2020
- Location: Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan
Launching Adeela Magazine and Forum on Nomadic Education
A public forum was established in Wadi Berly “Nyala,” where discussions revolved around the challenges confronting nomadic education in Sudan and potential solutions. wide range of community segments, including professionals, psychologists, poets, artists, civil society, displaced individuals, and activists through interviews
- Duration: February 2021
- Partner: Adeela for Culture and Arts Project
- Location: Wady Berly, Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan
Cinema for Peace Campaign
Campaign to raise awareness about the importance of peaceful coexistence. The campaign relied on visual content and targeted a wide range of community segments, including professionals, psychologists, poets, artists, civil society, displaced individuals, and activists through interviews
- Duration: August 2020
- Location: Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan
Screening of the Film "Fell or Did Not Fall."
On August 2021 ,9, in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the center organized a film screening session and discussion of the film titled “Fell or Did Not Fall.”
- Duration: August 9, 2021
- Donor: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- Location: Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan
Masraja Festival
As part of the interconnection project initiated by Adeela for Culture and Arts in collaboration with various civil society organizations and institutions in South Darfur, organized the Masraja Festival. The festival encompassed a forum, a book exhibition, and diverse artistic works in Nyala.
- Duration: July 16, 2022
- Donor: Adeela for Culture and Arts
- Location: Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan
Screening and Discussing the Film "Never Forget Them"
In collaboration with Wa3y organization, as part of the ”We Can adjust the Tilt” campaign to combat societal corruption. The film chronicles the experiences of the champions of JEM who participated or portrayed Sudan in the JEM Championship held in the State of Qatar.
- Duration: March 22, 2023
- Partner: Waey Organization
- Location: Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan