Ethiopia Movies

A dream-like exploration of the interconnected lives of two women and two children, celebrating the profound moments of love, loss, and resilience...

The three protagonists play, eat and argue together. In this, at least, they are no different from other boys their age. But they are different in...

An indictment of the atrocities and conflict caused by Ethiopia's Dergue Regime.

Both are Ethiopians but from different ethnic groups. They love each other very much. They agree that they cannot live without each other. A bitter...

Zema Hiwot, ("Musical Life") is a two hour romantic tragedy based on the story of a young Ethiopian woman who faces challenge after challenge despite...

Ethiopia's first feature-length film was directed, written and produced by the local businessman Ilala Ibsa. It is about a woman that succumbs to...

A person who is inside a perfect solo environment, thinks he is kidnapped, but he was not. He has only a telephone as a way of communication.

This tells the story of Duka and her young friend Gardi, as they prepare to marry men they have never met. For Hamar girls, marriage means huge...

Bilatena tells us the story of Abi, a young boy who is representative of million of children in Africa who do not attend school and work to sustain...

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...

A film by Yayeshwerk Endalemaw

In Ethiopia’s labyrinthine capital, a recluse sits translating Greek and Roman myths on an ancient laptop as cosmic chaos presses in on him. A...

Rohnan Master Class

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

A comedic drama following the chaotic daily life of a local mail carrier whose personal struggles and penchant for alcohol constantly derail his...

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

"The River" is a film that pays homage to culture and the experiences of women through the lens of Ethiopia and draws inspiration from the...

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

YE WONZ MAIBEL: DELUGE is a personal visual meditation on history, conflict and the roads to reconciliation. It is a tale of love and betrayal, of...