Neighbour Abdi

Directed by Douwe Dijkstra · Starring Abdiwahab Ali, Hamza Sunaila, Sadaq Ali, Janon Thijs · 2022

Filmmaker Douwe Dijkstra invites his Somali-born neighbor Abdi into a special-effects studio, where together they playfully reconstruct the war and crime that have shaped his life.

An inventive hybrid documentary that uses playful special-effects reconstructions to confront a man's violent past with warmth and honesty.

Through playful reconstructions in a special effects studio filmmaker Douwe Dijkstra help his Somalian neighbour reenact a life marked by war and criminality.

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