Semayawi Feres

The Eve

At an epic beach bachelor party thrown by his buddies, a groom-to-be meets a lovely stranger who makes him rethink the meaning of life, and true love.

Lemedres

a man has to complete his mission of helping homeless orphans, and faces obstacles throughout his day

APA

Children play amidst cycles of thunder and violence.

Sara

Directed by Helen Tadesse, often recognized as Ethiopia’s first female feature film director, the film centers on a teenage girl trying to live with the psychological aftermath of a sexual assault.

Bereka

A family history archive as told by matriarch Azalu Mekonnen and her granddaughter Samira Hooks.

Yeberdo Zemen

Helen Tadesse’s debut feature follows a group of siblings in Addis Ababa as they navigate daily survival they had never seen coming following the death of their wealthy parents.

Faritra

A tiny courtyard, life within the walls of the penitentiary... This is their daily life. But that cannot fully define them. These are also young people with dreams. "Outside", everything seems violent, chaotic and limitless…

EONII

In the distant future, a lone scientist makes a breakthrough discovery, called EONII, that may save the Nation and the Continent. Forces in the shadows begin to surface. Lies, Betrayal, Politics, and War, all to decide one thing, who should control the power of the EONII?

The Earth Has Ears

When men take up arms to go against their brothers, women have to take up gravediggers’ shovels. Ceebla (Fardouza Moussa Egueh, who we also saw in Gravedigger’s Wife), refuses to bargain for the cost of her labour. When her grave finally finds a taker, the revenue logic takes an unexpected twist. The Earth Has Ears is a civil war film without gunfire. It shows how the absurdity of war also turns everyday life at the home front irrational. / MSFF

Talking About Trees

Filmmakers Ibrahim, Suliman, Eltayeb and Manar, close friends for many years, left their motherland in the sixties and seventies to study film abroad and founded the Sudanese Film Group in 1989. After years of distance and exile, they are reunited, hoping to finally make their old dream come true: to bring back cinema to Sudan by reopening the Halfaia Cinema, a dilapidated theater in Khartoum.

You May Kiss The Bride Goodbye

You May Kiss the Bride Goodbye is a psychological thriller that follows Kunihira, an obsessive free-spirited yet emotionally broken Kampala slay queen and George Kiberu Jr., a reserved newly appointed CEO of a major media conglomerate who is struggling to step out of his father's shadow. As their lives intertwine, their whirlwind romance comes at a steep price, threatening George's throne at his father's corporate empire which is heavily dependent on his arranged engagement to the fearsome Birungi, who will stop at nothing to have George to herself. The two lovers find themselves entangled in a meticulously designed web of revenge, expertly woven by sinister forces from the past. Fueled by an unyielding desire for retribution, these dark forces will stop at nothing to claim their revenge.

The Loves of Pharaoh

The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.

Hirut Abatua Manew?(ሂሩት አባቷ ማን ነው?)

Okafor's Law

A slick serial seducer bets his friends that he can bed three old flames in six weeks, in this risqué comedy from the director of the smash hit Wives on Strike.

WITH U

Zintlhe and Ricardo, a young couple grappling with the unspoken weight of infidelity, pride, and emotional labor. As tension brews between romantic idealism and harsh realities, their confrontation unfolds across a university bridge, revealing that love.. real love, is never simple, and never without scars.

The Fate of Bineta

Bineta, a young girl orphaned by her mother's death, faces even greater tragedy when her father is poisoned by his own family members, who are after his inheritance. After her father's death, she is thrown out of her home by her uncle. However, she is taken in by a kind woman who supports her and helps her continue her education. Despite the challenges, Bineta's determination allows her to succeed and build a stable life, fulfilling the dreams her father had for her.