Ethiopia Movies

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...

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...

a popular Ethiopian Amharic comedy-drama film

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

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...

A wealthy businessman is enamoured by a beautiful woman. But he wants her to like him for who he is on the inside and not his wealth so he attempts...

After her younger sister is murdered, a young woman begins her own investigation to uncover the truth.

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.

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...

An original horror story about King Nahusenay, an authoritarian Ethiopian ruler obsessed with power, wields the occult to bend fate and command fear.

Documentary on the Ethiopian orphanage ‘Toukoul’, filmed in Addis Ababa in December 2003

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

A film by Yayeshwerk Endalemaw

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

Film on the rock hewn churches of Lalibela

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...

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