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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Beza Hailu Lemma

Beza Hailu LEMMA is an Ethiopian filmmaker based in Addis Ababa. He has written, directed and independently produced factual TV content and several short films, including Ballad of the Spirits (2017) and Adeby Abeba (2019). Lemma was an artist in residence at the Africa Center in Australia in 2017 and the Realness Screen Writing Residency in 2019 in South Africa. He has also participated in Berlinale Talents, IEFTA Addis to Cannes programme, TIFF Filmmakers Lab, and Produire au Sud. The Last Tears of the Deceased is his debut feature film.

Filmography

(all short) Ballad of the Spirits (2017), Adeby Abeba (2019)

Beza Hailu Lemma at IFFR

  • The Last Tears of the Deceased

    Beza Hailu Lemma | 100' | Canada |

    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…