An Open Field

An Open Field 2025

1

Teboho Edkins and his father journey to Ethiopia, joining a community in mourning both his brother and victims of a plane crash.

2025

Diplomat

Diplomat 2012

1

an impending “dirty bomb” attack in Addis Ababa supposedly by the Somali militant organization Al-Shabab with the help of a local Muslim businessman suddenly turns into a complex conspiracy attack against Ethiopia.

2012

Rift Finfinnee

Rift Finfinnee 2020

6.00

Socio-geographic explorations on the periphery of Addis Ababa, run through by a variety of borders and rifts – between agrarian and urban spatial practices, between economic and linguistic floes, between perspective and dilemma. A polyphonic audiovisual narrative of people who are forced to experience the impetuous urbanisation of African societies the hard way, recorded as a case study that expands into a complex allegory.

2020

About You

About You 2009

1

This romantic drama stars Sayat Demissie and Leoul Solomon. The plot follows Wondwossen, a 20-year-old with a mental disorder, and his relationship with Fikir.

2009

Sara

Sara 2006

1

Directed by Helen Tadesse, often recognized as Ethiopia’s first female feature film director, the film centers on a teenage girl trying to live with the psychological aftermath of a sexual assault.

2006

The Night Before Easter

The Night Before Easter 2025

1

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.

2025

Dawn of hope

Dawn of hope 1985

1

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

1985

The Seducer

The Seducer 2013

1

The story of an outsider seducing Ethiopian women.

2013

Medreshaye

Medreshaye 2026

1

A Film by Bereket Tesfaye

2026

The Second Best

The Second Best 2013

1

95 years old athlete Wami Biratu runs his last marathon in Addis Ababa, while evoking the legendary Olympic champion Abebe Bikila, his best friend and rival.

2013

Diaspora Ethiopia

Diaspora Ethiopia 1970

1

The filmmaker envisions what life would have been like if her parents never left their country of origin. The haunting imagery and disjointed narration (in Amharic, left un-translated) create a portrait of the place her mother and father called home.

1970

Doka

Doka 2023

1

Fire does not choose Race.

2023

For Today

For Today 2009

1

A homeless boy in a small village in Ethiopia suffers due to global warming and shortsightedness.

2009

Art in Ethiopia

Art in Ethiopia 1983

1

The history of art in Ethiopia. The film emphasizes the styles, materials, etc. ofpaintings on walls and roofs of ancient churche

1983

Red Leaves

Red Leaves 2014

7.00

An Ethiopian immigrant, sets out on a journey through his children's homes after losing his wife. Coming to know some of life's harsh new realities, he tries to survive in his own way.

2014