Somali Austrian Film Director, Screenwriter, Director of Photography and film Producer.
Mo HARAWE (Mo Harawe) is a Director, Screenwriter, Director of Photography and Producer. He is known for "Life on the Horn" (2020, Short film fiction, B&W), "1947" (2020, Short film fiction), "The story of the polar bear that wanted to go to Africa " (2018, Short fiction film).
Mo Harawe was born in Mogadishu. Since 2009, he has lived in Vienna, where he began making films. He attended numerous film workshops and made five short films that have won awards at international festivals. He also works as a screenwriter and his feature film script "To Mogadishu", developed at the Diverse Geschichten script lab, won the Dor Film award at the Diagonale in 2016. In 2019, Harawe won the BKA Startstipendium for his new feature film, "The Village Next to Paradise", now in development.
His film "Life on the Horn" (Short drama) won the Tanit d'Or (Grand Prize) of the 2021 JCC - Carthage Film Festival (Tunisia).
Interview excerpt from the Lucarno film Festival 2020
FILMOGRAPHY
2020 : Life on the Horn (Short) * Director * ScreenWriter * Producer * Cinematographer
2020 : 1947 (Short) * Director * ScreenWriter * Producer
2018 : The story of the polar bear that wanted to go to Africa * Director * ScreenWriter * Producer
2016 : One Last Moment * Director
2015 : Identity * Director
2015 : The Wall * Director
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مو هراوي (المخرج - الصومال)
شارك في العديد من ورش العمل وأخرج خمسة أفلام قصيرة فازت بجوائز في مهرجانات دولية. في سنة 2019 ، فاز بجائزة BKA Startstipendium عن فيلمه الطويل The Village Next to Paradise وهو في قيد التطوير حاليًا
Mo Harawe wurde in Mogadischu geboren. Er entdeckte die Leidenschaft für das Kino in seiner Kunstschule in Somalia. Seit 2009 lebt er in Österreich, wo seine Filmkarriere begann. Er besuchte zahlreiche Filmworkshops und realisierte Kurzfilme, welche auf internationalen Filmfestivals gezeigt und ausgezeichnet wurden. Nebenbei arbeitet Mo Harawe auch als Drehbuchautor und hat mehrere Drehbücher für Spielfilme geschrieben. Sein Drehbuch „Nach Mogadischu", welches er im Rahmen des „DIVERSE GESCHICHTE"Workshops entwickelte, wurde 2016 beim Diagonale Film Festival mit dem Dor Drehbuchpreis ausgezeichnet.
Filmografie Wait a minute (7 min) 2012 The other side (30 min) 2014 Identity (45 min) 2015 One last moment (7 min) 2016 The story of the polar bear that went to Africa (28 min) 2018 1947 (23 min) 2019 Life on the Horn (25 min) 2020
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