Discoveries from Ethiopia World Cinema

School Package

After he is paralyzed and his family is murdered by a ruthless criminal a man must come to terms with his desire for vengeance.

A film By Kirubel Seyum

Film about the Ethiopian famine of I984/85 and the measures taken to combat it

Tizeta is a cheerful and bright little girl full of ambitions adored by both her parents. She gets diagnosed with a heart condition that seeks fast treatment. Time is ticking and her parents fail to find adequate financial and community support. Dirdir is a story of an ordinary dad that takes extraordinary measures to save his daughter's life.

On a transformative Easter Eve, a painter reconnects with his faith and a free-spirited woman seeks solace, as the two strangers meet by chance and spend the night unraveling their pasts, facing their fears, and discovering an unexpected, life-changing connection.

A Film By Birhanu Werku

New Theater

A Film by Duguma Tsehay

A Film By Elias Workneh

በ ቅድስት ፊልም ፕሮዳክሽን ተዘጋጅቶ በሳሂባ ፊልም ፕሮዳክሽን የቀረበ (Prepared By Kidist Film Production And presented By Sahiba Film Production)

A documentary film about sister-ancestors, speech acts and resistance, populated by women who write and re-write history and culture in Ethiopia.

A Film By Bizuayew Adane

Papyrellas, or papyrus boats, are often represented on the terracottas, paintings and mosaics of ancient Egypt. The papyrus plant, however, disappeared from the Egyptian countryside centuries ago, and one must travel to Ethiopia to see such craft, locally known as tankwas. The papyrus reed grows on the banks of Lake Tana, a lake that lies at 1850 metres above sea level and through which the Blue Nile flows, by more than 4000 km far from the river ' s mouth. The local inhabitants use the long stems of this plant to build their boats. Bundles of dried papyrus, laid end to end with a slight overlap, are lashed to an untrimmed pole of eucalyptus wood that acts as a sort of keel. Its length depends on the end use : from 1 metre for those built for children, up to 12 metres for the largest that are used to transport cargoes of wood, fish or as ferries carrying a dozen passengers from one bank of the Nile to the other.

Roman Befikadu plays an intellectual woman (Elleni) who is educated abroad and comes back to Ethiopia to run her father’s leather company. Elleni wants to transfer the orderly and timely work experience that she got abroad onto one of the rural areas in Ethiopia without understanding the culture of the society. The film, focuses on the struggle Elleni is confronted with as she attempts this miscalculated social experiment.

Documentary on the Ethiopian orphanage ‘Toukoul’, filmed in Addis Ababa in December 2003

A Film By Daniel Anmaw

A Film by Ameha Duguma

Itzhak is an Ethiopian-Jewish boy who dreams of becoming the future Spike Lee of Israel. Generational clashes though incite a surprising chain of events.

Decades in the making, Haile Gerima's sweeping survey of Italy's brutal colonial legacy in Ethiopia is a monumental reckoning with suppressed history. With a balladeer's spirit, Gerima forges an epic ballad of resistance, freedom and national pride.

When a streetwise boy steals a tourist's camera at rural train station, an unlikely friendship forms as they wander Dire Dawa in search of a mysterious perfect ball and healing from quiet grief.

Afilm By Saddam Negeso

Performed by Amanuel Habtamu

Theater at Hager Fikir Theater

Based on a true story, this film chronicles the life of Major Tibebu Mesfin, who worked for the Dergue Regime in Ethiopia. This unpredictable adventure tells the story of how far one man will go to fulfill his destiny.

Selam, a young woman who studied in Cuba, returns to her homeland and rents a room from a couple whose soldier son, Abraham, used to occupy it. She feels disconnected and drinks nightly to cope with her unhappiness. When Abraham unexpectedly announces his return, Selam is asked to leave, but she persuades his mother to let her stay a bit longer. Initially frustrated with Selam's behavior, Abraham eventually falls in love with her, helping her feel at home in her country.

A film By welela Film Production

A Film by Solomon Bogale

A story about a traitor military General who is trying to sell his country's biggest secret

An Ethiopian comedy classic starring legendary actor, Dereje Haile.

Theater at Hager Fikir Theater

A Film by Bizuayehu Alemu

A FIlm By Yibeletal Terefe

Afilm By Fitsum Wondwossen

This is the second part of a four parts series of documentaries on Ethiopia made by the German television journalist Klaus Stephan in the mid 60ies.

Prepared by Lohami Film and Event (በሎሃሚ ፊልም ፕሮዳክሽን ፕሮሞሽን እና ኤቨንት የተሰራ)

KATEKSE FILM PRODUCTION Presents “Hegawi Gabecha”:- A Film By Leul Solomon.

The origin and destination of the story was written and produced by Oruwon Mola (Anmau), who made the origin and destination of the story in the city of Wolo Medina. He made and presented the movie "Applause" which paired the veteran actors Tariki Birhanu (Baba) and Zelem Ye Tagesun with the young actress Geddenesh Agera. It's a fun and educational musical about life's struggles and where success begins.

A young Ethiopian composer deals with a traumatic childhood experience when a deaf spirit inspires him to channel his memories in a new direction.

SALKAN Film Production Presents

A young Ethiopian composer and drummer struggles with a traumatic experience from his childhood when a deaf spirit appears in his life and inspires him to channel his memories in a new direction.

A meditation on culture, society, and self-exploration set against a backdrop of a metropolitan city experiencing a renaissance.

A wealthy businessman is enamoured by a beautiful woman. But he wants her to like him for who he is on the inside and not his wealth so he attempts to woo her while pretending to be a taxi driver.

A wealthy businessman tries to buy land for a new factory, but develops a complicated relationship with the young woman (Adey) who owns the land.

A Film by Biruk Tefera (Barok DZ)

New Comedy Theater

A Film By Biniam John Otto

A film By Aschenaki Bekele (የአስጨናቂ በቀለ ፊልም)

የ ሃና ፍቃዱ ፊልም (A Film by hanna Fikadu) Prepared and Presented By Kiru Multimedia

A Film by Ephraim Tadesse

A Dergue regime commander puts pressure on a father and coerces him to give him his daughter's hand in marriage. The daughter reluctantly obliges to this arrangement, knowing her father's freedom and well being depends on it. However, she meets and falls in love with a young man who gives her the confidence to defy her father and the arrogant commander she despises. The ruthless commander, however, will stop at nothing to make sure she stays in his possession.

After her younger sister is murdered, a young woman begins her own investigation to uncover the truth.

The film recounts the life of children living on the street in Gondar, Ethiopia, by witnessing the interaction between two children and the filmmaker. The entire film was shot in the room of Ethiopia Hotel. This limited space allows the film to focus on their communication and captures some of the ideas that enable the children to endure and survive on the street. Indeed, this film is more a sensitive testimony than a scientific documentary. This hybrid approach aims to explore new trends in visual anthropology, including the issue of dealing with intimacy and subjectivity.

Salkan film prduction presents

New Theater

A film By Nigussu Mulugeta

Hayelom from the Tigray region in Ethiopia is deeply in love with Lielt from Ethiopia’s Amhara region. When Tigrai militants invade the Amhara region, he joins the militants and she joins the Ethiopian defense force, causing their love to face an expected turn. An epic film of love and war.

Hackers cyber attack the Ethiopian power grid and the Information Network Security Administration rushes to stop them.