Mohamed Kordofani is the first Sudanese director to have a film in selection at Cannes. He is the director of "Goodbye Julia", a historical drama about the relationship between North and South Sudanese.
"I was honored, proud, happy... But I also feel guilty for being there. These are a lot of contradictory feelings," he said, adding that he was "heartbroken" by the situation in his country. Since 15 April, the war between the army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces has left a thousand dead.