Ethiopia Movies

A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations...

Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave...

For over 35 years Yussuf Mume Saleh journeys at night to the outskirts of the walled city of Harar to bond with his beloved hyenas.

A Film By Fitsum Bereket

CIA agents Palmer and Gagano are tasked with the perilous mission of destroying “The Soviet Union!" As they enter the system using a VR...

In contemporary Ethiopia, a farming community's exodus is disrupted when the patriarch of a prominent family disappears from his grave. Tessema, his...

The film follows the fate of two boys, one of whom hopes to become an Olympic runner and the other a photographer.

ሰውነት ከ ዜግነትም በላይ ነው( Being Human is more valuable than...

25 composers, 25 filmmakers, 25 ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography that fit completely within the DNA of Film Fest Gent and the World...

An examination of bodies, movement and the stillness of landscape brought to you by the entrancing Circus Debre Berhan.

The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the...

A Film By Alazar Salelegn

School Package

Two young men represent their final abandoned community of Ethiopian Jews on a fateful trip to America as representatives in an advocacy campaign,...

If you want your child not to fall, you should be careful

A Film By Behailu Engida

A Dergue regime commander puts pressure on a father and coerces him to give him his daughter's hand in marriage. The daughter reluctantly...

Prepared By JE 123 Studio and Presented By Soloda Films (በ ጄኢ 123 ሰቱዲዬ ተዘጋጅቶ...

A family welcomes an uncle into their home that was released from prison. They later find out that he has sexually assaulted their young daughter...

A love triangle stretching from Bahir Dahr to Las Vegas. Theodros Teshome's film surpassed his own Kezkaza Welafen as Ethiopia's highest grossing...