New Eyes, by Hiwot Admasu
Official Selection at the Toronto festival, 2015
Best African Short Film Award at the Durban festival, 2016 SYNOPSIS : Along a river, a shy 13 years-old-girl, Selam, encounters a couple having sex in what seems to be an ordinary morning. Upset, she tries to focus on what she was doing when the couple joins separately the river to bathe. She cannot make herself stop starring at the irresistible naked body of the man. She starts to look at everything with her new eyes, turning everything and everyone into sexual objects. She gets jealous of the woman who did sex, her neighbour, who seems to own everything that Selam does not have: the body and curves of a woman who draws all men’s attention and sexuality. She foresees her rising sexual life and her place as a woman. Production : Les Films de l'après-midi (France), GBGG Productions (Great Britain) Distribution : Les Films de l'après-midi World Sales : L'Agence du Court-Métrage Year of production : 2015 Duration : 12 min. Language : Amharic CREDITS : Director : Hiwot Admasu Writer : Hiwot Admasu Cinematography : Dawit Zewdu Editing : Henok Legesse Sound : Habtamu Gebrehiwot CAST : Selam Fikadu : Selam Berite Eshetu : The mother Surafel Tsegaye : Yonas Feven Teshome : The woman Yohannes Getachew : Beekeeper Yonathan Girma : The man Yitayish Dagne : The woman near the river FESTIVALS : Toronto, Rotterdam, MOOV Films Festival, Durban, Venice Biennale... |