Best award winning movies with a boyhood from Ethiopia
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a boyhood from Ethiopia! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a boyhood from Ethiopia, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Faya Dayi (2021)
A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations – and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today. A tapestry of intimate stories offers a window into the dreams of youth under a repressive regime.
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- 2021-09-03 | Documentary
Cast
- Mohammed Arif, Hashim Abdi
Rating
7.8
2 Anbessa (2019)
Asalif and his mother defy Ethiopia’s omnipresent modern housing development culture, by continuing to live a life characterised by proximity to nature and rootedness in community. The boy counters the ruptures in his accustomed surroundings and the threat posed by the hyena that haunts his neighbourhood by reinventing himself as a hero: as Anbessa, the lion.
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- 2019-02-11 | Documentary / Drama
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- Asalif Tewold
Rating
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5.9
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3 Crumbs (2015)
Dormant for decades, a mothership hovering over post-apocalyptic Ethiopia awakens. Resolved to board the craft, a collector of late 20th century pop memorabilia embarks on a surreal journey to uncover its secrets.
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- 2015-01-27 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Daniel Tadesse, Selam Tesfayie
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5.8
4 Beti and Amare (2014)
'Beti and Amare' is a historical science-fiction film set in 1936 Ethiopia. Beti, a young Ethiopian girl has escaped Mussolini's troops and found refuge in the peaceful south of Ethiopia. As the Italians march ever closer Beti has to battle hunger, thirst, and the unwelcome sexual advances of the local militia. When the situation threatens to escalate towards the unthinkable, a spaceship cracks through the clouds... its cargo... love.
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- 2014-10-18 | Science Fiction / Drama
Cast
- Pascal Dawson, Hiwot Asres
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0.0
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5 Harvest: 3,000 Years (1975)
In this meditative film the everyday lives of poor Ethiopian peasants are shown using documentary as well as storytelling techniques, with its drama arising out of the timeless yet persistent issues of their lives.
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- 1975-09-01 | Drama
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- Kasu Asfaw, Gebru Kasa
Rating
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6.8
6 Janapar (2012)
23-year-old Tom Allen is all set for a 9–5 career in IT. Trouble is, he can’t help wondering whether there’s more to life. So Tom sets off on the ultimate adventure: cycling around the world. Despite his lack of experience, Tom cycles and camps his way across three continents, encountering a vivid cast of friends and foes. But the journey takes an unlikely detour when he falls in love with Tenny, a feisty Iranian-Armenian. When her parents forbid her from taking to the open road, Tom is faced with the ultimate dilemma: stay with Tenny or continue his adventure alone? Janapar – named after the Armenian word for journey – is an honest and life-affirming tale of finding what you’re looking for when you least expect it.
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- 2012-09-26 | Documentary
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- Tom Allen, Tenny Adamian
Rating
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6.2
7 Running Against the Wind (2023)
The film follows the fate of two boys, one of whom hopes to become an Olympic runner and the other a photographer.
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- 2023-07-20 | Drama
Cast
- Mikias Wolde, Ashenafi Nigusu
Rating
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6.5
8 Mussa (2016)
Twelve-year-old Mussa won't speak and no one knows why. He is an African refugee living in Tel Aviv, and for the past five years he's been bussed from his troubled neighborhood to an upscale private school. Moussa's Israeli classmates are his best friends, but he chooses to communicate with them only through gestures.
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- 2016-04-24 | Documentary
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8.0