| Tajouje تاجوج | |
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 Poster of the digitised version of the film screened, in 2017, at Goethe institute, Sudan | |
| Directed by | Gadalla Gubara |
| Written by | Gadalla Gubara |
| Starring | Salah ibn Albadya |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 min |
| Country | Sudan |
| Language | Sudanese Arabic |
Tajouje (Arabic: تاجوج, romanized: Tājūj; also Tajouj) is a 1977 Sudanese historical romance film directed by Gadalla Gubara, who considered it his best cinematographic work.[1] It was the first feature film directed by a Sudanese filmmaker.[2] It presents a dramatic story about the unhappy love of two suitors towards the heroine Tajouj. Set in rural Eastern Sudan, it featured the actor Salah ibn Albadya, who was also known for his songs of popular urban music in Sudan.[3][4]
Among other awards, Tajouje won the Nefertiti Statute, Egypt's highest film award at the Cairo International Film Festival in 1982, and prizes at film festivals in Alexandria, Ouagadougou, Tehran, Addis Ababa, Berlin, Moscow, Cannes and Carthage.[5] In 2015, the original copy was digitally restored by a German-Sudanese film project and shown both in Sudan and abroad.
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- ^ "Sudan Independent Film Festival Inaugural Edition Kicks Off Tonight!". shadowandact. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ al-Shafee, Rogia (22 September 2019). "Sudan: Salah Ibn Albadya - Departure of a Multi-Talented Artist". allafrica.com. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Tajouj 1977 'تاجوج' Directed by Gadalla Gubara". letterboxd. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Tajouj (1977)". Film Affinity. Retrieved 17 October 2020.