Project Detail

New Eyes

Name: New Eyes
Director: Hiwot Admasu Getaneh
Genre: Woman Director, Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: 12 mins

Synopsis

In a bustling village near Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian girl becomes aware of strange new feelings that are both discomfiting and exciting. As her burgeoning sexuality begins to colour her experience of the world, it threatens to bring her into conflict with societal expectations.
Official Selection Toronto 2015 - Short Cuts

Details

Year: 2015
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12 mins
Director: Hiwot Admasu Getaneh
Producer: François d'Artemare, Lisa Scott Gordon
Editor: Henok Legesse
Screenwriter: Hiwot Admasu Getaneh
Director of Photography: Dawit Zewdu
Production Designer: Danawit Habtemariam
Sound: Habtamu Gebrehiwot
Principal cast: Selam Fikadu, Berite Eshetu, Surafel Tsegaye, Feven Teshome, Yohannes Getachew, Yonathan Girma, Yitayish Dagne

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

France, UK coproduction

Les Films de l'Après-midi (FR), gbgg Productions (UK)

gbgg Productions

Lisa Scott Gordon
The Workshop
High Street
Lewes
BN7 1XU

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