An award-winning film written and directed by an Ethiopian tells the story of a young Ethiopian girl caught up in the rural tradition of abducting girls for marriage. The story is true and helped make ...

Ethiopia has selected Jan Philipp Weyl's 'Running Against the Wind' as its submission for the best international feature film category at the 2020 Oscars. By Nick Holdsworth Ethiopia has selected Jan ...

Reporting from Palm Springs — It is a vision of Ethiopia that the average American might not expect: craggy emerald peaks, picturesque villages, a priest blessing a family for a festive religious ...

Addis Ababa — Haile Gerima's film "Teza" may only have come to the world's attention when it won Africa's highest prize in Ouagadougou on Mar. 7, but it has been a sensation in his native Ethiopia ...

Ethiopian Oscar contender 'Running Against the Wind' from director Jan Philipp Weyl will have its market premiere next month at Cannes' virtual market. French sales group Wide has taken global rights ...

Angelina Jolie joined production team of ‘Difret’ as executive producer If the director and producers of Ethiopian film Difret were not having enough difficulty in funding the film, the fact that they ...

The Ethiopian film industry is growing, though most feature films, especially those shot in the country’s working language Amharic, are based on simple-minded concepts concerning wealth and love. It’s ...

Zekarias Mesfin spent months making a movie about his dangerous illegal migration from Ethiopia -- and when he arrived at the film's premiere, he was in a coffin carried by six white-gloved ...

Zekarias Mesfin spent months making a movie about his dangerous illegal migration from Ethiopia -- and when he arrived at the film's premiere, he was in a coffin carried by six white-gloved ...