Ethiopia Movies

At a time of round-the-clock curfews, government surveillance and streets littered with the bodies of "anti-revolutionaries," Adugna struggles to...

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...

The plot of the Ethiopian film Semayawi Feres (Blue Horse) centers on a man's ambitious quest to harness the potential of the Blue Nile (Abay River)...

Theater at Hager Fikir Theater

A film by Redi Dereka

Tatek Tadesse's now classic 2003 "Gudifecha", had a deeper exploration of social issues, and the widely held Ethiopian practices of keeping family...

35 Cows and a Kalashnikov is a joyously made triptych about warrior-farmers, colorful dandies and voodoo wrestlers in Ethiopia, Brazzaville and...

"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...

A Film By Elias Workneh

New Theater

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

A theater produced by Hindeke theater production

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.

Tilahun, a politically apathetic ambulance driver collects bodies from the streets of Ethiopia's capital during a mass killing.

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

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...

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.

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

SHEPHERD’S CALLING follows an Ethiopian shepherd’s remarkable journey from the rugged caves of Ethiopia to Hollywood, overcoming...