Daydreamers
2023, English. Directed by Mahad Ahmed & Vincenzo Cavallo.
If you really want something, you need to dream it first.
When the US embassy opens the green card lottery visa, Assad writes hundreds of stories about imaginary families running away from the war and submits them. When one of the stories is accepted, Kamal, a repatriated Somali-American, helps him to find the right characters for the embassy interviews. The two have sent hundreds of fake families to the US but now their scam is about to be discovered.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Daydreamers is streaming on Netflix in India.
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- Released
- 6 October 2023
- Original title
- Bufis
- Country
- Germany, Kenya
- Written by
- Vincenzo Cavallo
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Daydreamers runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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Daydreamers is streaming on Netflix in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Daydreamers?
If you liked Daydreamers, try Playing God, Somewhere in Queens, CQ.
Who directed Daydreamers?
Daydreamers (2023) was directed by Mahad Ahmed and Vincenzo Cavallo and stars Ilmi Ahmed, Ali Buul, Zeitun Salat.