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This is a list of Ethiopian films that are notable and internationally acclaimed. Year ... Crime thriller film: 2009: Selanchi: Belay Getaneh: Romantic drama: 2012 ...
The Gumma Film Awards (Amharic: ጉማ የፊልም ሽልማት, romanized: guma yefīlimi shilimati) is an Ethiopian domestic film award held in Addis Ababa annually since 2014. Created by film director Yonas Berhene Mewa, the award programme broadcast through some television stations. Gumma rewards acclaimed domestic Ethiopian films.
The film chronicles a legal-precedent setting court case that outlawed the kidnapping of child brides (ጠለፈ tʼelefa) in Ethiopia.It tells the story of a 14-year-old girl, Hirut Assefa (based on Aberash Bekele), who is kidnapped on her way home from school and subsequently grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband.
The film, made as a video, is Ethiopia's first ever digital film to be released in movie theatres. The film was sponsored by the Netherlands Embassy in Addis Ababa, and Kezkaza Welafegn would become the highest grossing Ethiopian film of all time (until Theodros' Abay vs. Vegas release seven years later). The film was estimated to have made 5 ...
Chris Prouty noted that Ethiopia and Eritrea as the only country in Africa indifferent to foreign films. The first Ethiopian film au de Menilek was released in 1909 directed by Charles Martel. The first short film is 16mm black-and-white film, produced on the occasion of Empress Zewditu's coronation day in 1916.
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ... Ethiopian film posters (13 F) B. Ethiopian black-and-white films (1 P) E. English-language ...
Ethiopian film awards (4 P) F. Film festivals in Ethiopia (2 P) Ethiopian films (5 C, 1 P) Films set in Ethiopia (1 C, 26 P) Films shot in Ethiopia (9 P) P.
The fifth edition of Leza Awards was scheduled on 1 October 2015 at Hilton Hotel in Addis Ababa.Organized by Birhanu Digaffe, a radio host and producer, the final list of nominees drawn from the field of music and film was released to the public.