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NEIGHBOUR ABDI

Douwe Dijkstra
Netherlands, 2022
29 min

Abdi is a carpenter who settled in the Netherlands after spending his childhood in Mogadishu, in the midst of Somalia’s civil war. Together with his neighbour Douwe, he reconstructs his life using a diorama, a green screen and his memories.

Drawing on the memories of his neighbour Abdi and working side by side with him, Dijkstra paints a portrait of his childhood during the worst years of the Somali civil war, followed by his troubled youth. But what distinguishes Buurman Abdi from the majority of films regarding migration is not just its collaborative nature, in which the subject is empowered to work directly on his own depiction (Abdi directs scenes and builds the film’s set), but also the ease, even playfulness with which it jumps from the fictional to the documentary – sometimes within seconds. (Flavia Dima)

Date and Location

29th of September, 18:30, Cinema Elvire Popesco

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Douwe Dijkstra

Douwe Dijkstra (1984) is a filmmaker and visual artist from the Netherlands. He studied Illustration Design at the ArtEZ University of the Arts. His work is a mixture of video, animation and VFX, and can be described as both humorous and socially engaged. His projects range from short films and documentaries to video installations and theatre performances. His filmography includes: Démontable (2014), Voor Film / Supporting Film (2015), Green Screen Gringo (2016) and Eine Sekunde in Fränkli (2022).

  • Technical sheet
  • Production and distribution
  • SCREENPLAY: Douwe Dijkstra, Abdiwahab Ali
  • PRODUCER: Richard Valk
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY / VFX / EDITING: Douwe Dijkstra
  • SOUND DESIGNER / COMPOSER: Rob Peters
  • CAST: Abdiwahab Ali, Sharif Nuur, Ahmed Dualeh, Mohamed Teeri, Saed Dualeh, Mohammed Mohamud, Henk Kinket
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CAST: Abdiwahab Ali, Sharif Nuur, Ahmed Dualeh, Mohamed Teeri, Saed Dualeh, Mohammed Mohamud, Henk Kinket

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