Posts Tagged by ethiopian films
Ethiopian filmmaker to collaborate with Hollywood company
| October 24, 2011 | Posted by admin under Movies |
Ethiopian filmmaker Zelalem Woldemariam has won Focus Features’ Africa’s first program grant. Focus Features, a renowned, giant Hollywood company, is well known for producing films like The Pianist, Broke Back Mountain, Lost in Translation and Motorcycle Diaries. Focus Features created Africa’s first short film program to help promising up-and-coming filmmakers from Africa through financial support.… Read more
Talking of Hiroshima
| July 4, 2011 | Posted by admin under Movies |
Hiroshima, one of a handful of Ethiopian films to be shot with a Red One camera, premiered recently in Addis Ababa on the heels of a Herculean promotional campaign. The film, written and directed by its main star, Serawit Fikre, featured several renowned actors: Abebe Balcha, Michael Tamere, Mulualem Tadesse, Meseret Mebrate, and others. Cinema… Read more
Ethiopia Set to Host International Film Festival
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under Movies, News |
Ethiopia is set to play host to an international film festival, the first of its kind to be staged in East Africa. According to African Press Agency, the festival – scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa from June 14 to 19, 2010 – will feature 100 short films from various countries. The five-day gathering… Read more
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