Overview of articles
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Faya Dayi
Between repression and labouring on the khat plantations, Ethiopians dream of a better life. Rich impressions in poetic black and white.Published on: -
The Last Tears of the Deceased
Abba SAMUEL, an orthodox priest with a crippling fear of death, goes on a dreamlike journey of inquisition about 1994; the year of his supposed…Published on: -
Teza
A sweltering Ethiopia. Landscapes from the beginning of time. A poor and hard land that is burdened by a modern and basically cruel ideology. A…Published on: -
Chigger Ale
A small Hitler clone. A goat with a swastika. A neighbourhood bar somewhere in Addis Ababa.Published on: -
Adamt
In Ethiopia music is of a different calibre and overcomes the deepest traumas, even deafness. Rhythmic drama.Published on: -
L’éclat furtif de l’ombre
The horrors of war cast young fisherman Adisu adrift in vast Ethiopia. Forty years later, he is a taxi driver in a Northern European city,…Published on: -
New Voices in an Old Flower
Westerners generally view Ethiopia as the mythical land of Rastafarians. However, the contemporary music scene is much richer than that, as this sultrPublished on: -
Letters from Ethiopia
It had not yet been done, a film about making films in Ethiopia. So IFFR had it made by the youngest talent we could find.Published on: -
New Eyes
New eyes for seeing a new, sensual world. A young female filmmaker imagines what it is like to be a young girl, perhaps the one…Published on: -
Roaring Abyss
Ethiopia has over eighty different cultures. With live recordings of music, this film is a voyage of discovery across mountains, deserts and forests tPublished on: