Ethiopia
Ethiopia and Eritrea. War conflicts in Ethiopia and their consequences.
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- DirectorHaile GerimaStarsAaron ArefeAbiye TedlaTakelech BeyeneThe Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the recognition of his own displacement and powerlessness at the dissolution of his people's humanity and social values. After several years spent studying medicine in Germany, he finds the country of his youth replaced by turmoil. His dream of using his craft to improve the health of Ethiopians is squashed by a military junta that uses scientists for its own political ends. Seeking the comfort of his countryside home, Anberber finds no refuge from violence. The solace that the memories of his youth provide is quickly replaced by the competing forces of military and rebelling factions. Anberber needs to decide whether he wants to bear the strain or piece together a life from the fragments that lie around him.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsClive OwenAngelina JolieLinus RoacheThe world's cruelty is confronted with the love of two different people who try to save humanity from poverty and war.
- DirectorRadu MihaileanuStarsYaël AbecassisRoschdy ZemMoshe AgazaiA Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.
- DirectorMemekiyaye DenekeStarsJohn Archer LundgrenFaven RessomJemanesh SolomonAn orphan adopted by her former village school teacher seeks to reveal the truth behind the criminal activities of an elderly international gangster who has initiated a heinous business enterprise focused on Ethiopia. SPOILER ALERT.
- DirectorPatrick DechesneAlain-Pascal HousiauxStarsSara de RooJoseph FarroulPhilippe JeusetteA young fisherman flees his home after his village was massacred. Along his escape, he looses himself in the geological wonder of his land. 40 years later in Europe, Adisu is an old taxi driver in search of a memory of a lost love.
- DirectorLuigi FalorniStarsLetekidan MicaelSolomie MicaelSeble TilahunThe true story of a young female soldier who comes of age during the Eritrean civil war.
- DirectorFélix Enríquez AlcaláStarsPiper PeraboChristopher GorhamKari MatchettAnnie, Joan, and Lena must put aside their differences when Auggie runs into trouble while visiting Parker in Africa.
- DirectorHoracio Ojeda LacognataStarsHoracio Ojeda LacognataJorge LópezLuciana ParedesBased on the life of the Ras Tafari Makkonen, then Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1892-1975). Dedicated to pull his country out of isolation, pursued a policy of modernization and reform. Invaded by Italy in 1935, the Emperor unsuccessfully tried to get help in the League of Nations. After getting finally came back the throne, ruled for decades until being overthrown by a military coup. It is regarded as a symbol by the Rastafarians, who consider the Black Messiah.
- DirectorWilbur EddingsStarsStephen PrestonClaire WintersJonathan PienaarIn worn-torn Afghanistan, young marine Tyler's life is changed when he is saved by a fellow soldier, Quincy, who dies in doing so. Before he dies, he asks Tyler to find his sister who works in Africa. Tyler, torn with guilt, needs to find a way from behind enemy lines to get to Quincy's sister who is running a Christian Mission in Ethiopia, along with her husband, an ex-Marine cowboy-turned-Pastor, where they care for the desperate local people who are constantly terrorized by crazed guerrilla fighters.
- DirectorAndy GlynneAmanda ScottHamid, aged ten, lives in Great Britain. He tells how he has fled from Eritrea, about his grief and how difficult it can be to arrive in a new life.