Khartoum Calling – Voices for Sudan

With the two-day event ‘Khartoum Calling – Voices for Sudan’ on 14 and 15 October, the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin (HRFFB) and Action Against Hunger, together with Reporters Without Borders and Niddal Salah-Eldin, are sending a message of visibility, solidarity and political impact.

The opening evening on 14 October will bring together around 250 guests from politics, culture, media and civil society and draw public attention to Sudanese voices and stories through personal impulses and artistic forms of expression.

The event will focus on the award-winning documentary film KHARTOUM. It impressively portrays the lives of five people from the Sudanese capital who share their stories of war, resistance and hope. When war breaks out, the protagonists and directors are forced to flee. In exile, they find new ways to continue telling their stories.


The film screening will be accompanied by personal reflections and insights from

• Snoopy Ibrahim, Sudanese filmmaker & co-director of KHARTOUM
• Yousra Elbagir, Sudanese-British journalist, SkyNews
• Samy Guessabi, Country Director Sudan, Action Against Hunger

Federal Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan will open the event with a video greeting. Sudanese musician Zeyo Mann will accompany the evening with a live performance. The evening will be moderated by Anna Dushime.


14 October: 
Location and time: Reception: from 6 p.m. | Stage programme: 7 p.m. | silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin


On 15 October, a panel discussion will follow in the Bundestag. Sudanese voices will meet with political decision-makers to talk about the dramatic humanitarian crisis in Sudan and discuss concrete options for action.


In the shadow of the world's attention: humanitarian aid under the most difficult conditions

The humanitarian situation in Sudan is dramatic and one of the forgotten crises of our time. Around 30 million people are dependent on aid, with 25 million affected by acute food insecurity. As early as 2024, the UN warned of a famine in Samsam (Darfur) – the first reported in over seven years. Action Against Hunger has been active in Sudan since 2018, providing support in areas where humanitarian aid is insufficient and access is severely hampered by ongoing violence, mass displacement, heavy rainfall and funding cuts.

Between April 2023 and December 2024, Action Against Hunger was able to reach over 1.2 million people in Central Darfur, South Kordofan, White Nile, Blue Nile and Red Sea states with programmes in the areas of nutrition and health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and gender-specific support.


The next edition of the HRFFB will take place from 10 to 18 April 2026.

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