Ethiopia Movies

Script and directing Kidist Bayelegn

Duka, a young unmarried Hamar girl learns what awaits her in life from the older women of her tribe. Their often humorous conversations range from...

From the music of Peruvian composer Pauchi Sasaki, Mexican-Ethiopian filmmaker Jessica Beshir crafts a story of a spectral mother’s disembodied...

A Film by Awel Endris

Theater at Hager Fikir Theater

A drama that follows the tragic downward spiral of a young man battling severe substance abuse.

In 1935, the Italian army stole a historical monument from the city of Axum: a 24‐meter high granite obelisk dating from the 4th Century AD. In...

A Film by Ameha Duguma

A Film By Daniel Anmaw

A film by Abinet Assefa

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...

Fire does not choose Race.

New Comedy Theater

A love story about a deeply connected couple, Meron and Abraham.

A young Addis Ababa taxi driver gets caught up in the dark side of love, causing his taxi to be stolen. He finds himself stuck in a relationship with...

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.

Roman Befikadu plays an intellectual woman (Elleni) who is educated abroad and comes back to Ethiopia to run her father’s leather company....

A romantic drama that explores themes of love and the emotional challenges that come with modern relationships

Wawago new theater

The film follows the daily life of two young Afar girls, Fatuma (10) and Asya (13), in two different areas of the Afar region in Ethiopia. It’s...