Villa 187
Qumra Projects
Eiman Mirghani / Short Documentary / Sudan, Qatar / 2025
In Arabic, English
Genres: Documentary
Rated: This film has not been rated.
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Synopsis
Filmmaker Eiman Mirghani and her family have called Qatar home for over 30 years, despite being from Sudan. In 2020, Eiman’s father broke the news that their visa had suddenly been cancelled, and for the first time ever, they were unsure of their future. Shortly after, Eiman begins documenting the process of packing up the house her family has called home for over three decades—reminiscing about the past and pondering the future in a home that was never really theirs.
About the Director
Eiman Mirghani is a Sudanese filmmaker based in Qatar. Upon graduating with a BA in Film and Media Studies from the University of Nottingham, Eiman has worked on numerous short films in the MENA region as a director and producer. She is the founder and senior producer of FilmMENA, a film production house dedicated to assisting and elevating filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa. In 2021, Eiman was one of the producers of the short Sudanese film ‘Al-Sit’, which received numerous accolades at international film festivals and became Academy Award-qualified. Eiman’s second short film, ‘The Bleaching Syndrome’, was directed under the mentorship of world-renowned filmmaker Rithy Panh and has travelled to several international film festivals. She is currently under Rithy Panh’s mentorship once more, as part of the Doha Film Institute’s Documentary Lab Fellowship, to direct her latest short film, ‘Villa 187’.
Credits
- Director
- Eiman Mirghani
- Producer
- Eiman Mirghani