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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.
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.
The film follows the titular twelve members of a jury as they deliberate a supposedly clear-cut murder trial and details the tension among them when one juror argues that the defendant might not be guilty. The film is named after the line "Ashole Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei" from the song "Ei Srabon", written and composed by Anupam Roy.
Barakat is a 2020 South African family drama film directed by Amy Jephta and produced by Ephraim Gordon. [1] It is the first Afrikaans-language Muslim feature film produced in South Africa. [2] [3] [4] The film stars Vinette Ebrahim in the lead role and Joey Rasdien, Mortimer Williams, Quanita Adams and Keeno Lee Hector in supportive roles. [5] [6]
In an ambitious effort to chart the lineage of Yoruba and Afrobeats music over the past century and its global influence, Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold has co-produced a forthcoming documentary ...
Dawit I [2] (Ge'ez: ዳዊት) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1382 to 6 October 1413, [3] and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the younger son of Newaya Krestos . Reign
NAWI was selected as the Kenyan's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. [2] The film's lead actress, Michelle Lemuya Ikeny, won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Promising Actor for her performance in the film. [3] The films' festival premiere was celebrated on October 25, 2024, at the Hof International ...
Dawit Abebe is an Ethiopian contemporary artist. Dawit's goal as an artist is to raise awareness of Addis Ababa's contemporary art scene as well as its society and history. He believes that in order for humans to progress, it is essential that a nation and its citizens understand how the past has shaped present life through his art. [1]