Film

The Earth Has Ears

2025 · 13m · War

When men take up arms to go against their brothers, women have to take up gravediggers’ shovels. Ceebla (Fardouza Moussa Egueh, who we also saw in Gravedigger’s Wife), refuses to bargain for the cost of her labour. When her grave finally finds a taker, the revenue logic takes an unexpected twist. The Earth Has Ears is a civil war film without gunfire. It shows how the absurdity of war also turns everyday life at the home front irrational. / MSFF

Fardouza Moussa Egueh

Ceebla

Maan Youssouf Ahmed

Arliya

Shamim Ali Abdi

Samiya

Mustafe Hassan Abdillahi

Anwar

Dalmar Yare

Ramzi

• Khadar Ayderus AhmedProducer · Director · Writer
• Mustafe Hassan AbdillahiProducer
• Ahmed FarahProducer
• Ahmed FarahDirector of Photography
• Said FarahEditor

Release date

June 12, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

Somali

Runtime

13m

Genres

War

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