Ethiopia Movies

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

For over 35 years Yussuf Mume Saleh journeys at night to the outskirts of the walled city of Harar to bond with his beloved hyenas.

In contemporary Ethiopia, a farming community's exodus is disrupted when the patriarch of a prominent family disappears from his grave. Tessema, his...

In the quiet villa, a girl cares for her ailing father, a man confronting the weight of his past as his body fails him. As their days blur between...

When a massive Chinese factory complex attempts a high-stakes expansion in rural Ethiopia, three women in search of prosperity have their faith in...

A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations...

The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the...

Set in the Sidist Kilo campus of Addis Ababa University, Kezkaza Welafen directly addresses the social tensions of everyday life for Ethiopian...

Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave...

An examination of bodies, movement and the stillness of landscape brought to you by the entrancing Circus Debre Berhan.

In rural Ethiopia the staff of a health centre are fighting maternal mortality. They tirelessly appeal to women to give birth in the clinic. But...

CIA agents Palmer and Gagano are tasked with the perilous mission of destroying “The Soviet Union!" As they enter the system using a VR...

Starring Admasu Kebede as Aimro, and Rekik Teshome as Helina, the title characters in the film, the movie focuses on the young carpenter Aimro who...

Decades in the making, Haile Gerima's sweeping survey of Italy's brutal colonial legacy in Ethiopia is a monumental reckoning with suppressed...

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

The dramatic untold story of 420,000 Cubans– soldiers and teachers, doctors and nurses– who gave everything to end colonial rule and...

A Film by Bereket Tesfaye

KATEKSE FILM PRODUCTION Presents A Film By Leul Solomon.

A sequel to the most successful Ethiopian film of all-time, Theodros Teshome's Kezkaza Welafen (2003). Starring Teshome himself as Ali, a cop trying...

A Film By kidist Yilma