• among us women

    among us women



  • among us women

    among us women



  • among us women

    among us women



  • among us women

    among us women



  • among us women

    among us women



  • among us women

    among us women



among us women

by Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Daniel Abate Tilahun

among us women

Germany, Ethiopia | 2021 | 92:00 min

Original Title:
UNTER UNS FRAUEN

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
among us women follows young farmer Huluager Endeshaw (25), who is awaiting the birth of her fourth child. Swimming in a river of change, Hulu finds herself caught between modern and traditional systems of midwifery in her rural village of Megendi. On one hand, she regularly attends check-ups at the local health post and follows the advice from medical midwives. On the other, Hulu is apprehensive of a system in which she feels unheard, turning to the traditional midwife Endal Gedif (70) for support and comfort. Although Endal is aware of Hulu's needs, she can only do so much with her limited resources. Complications during Hulu’s home birth stress the conflicts between the ladies in scrubs and the women on fields.
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​​Surrounded by many varying female perspectives, Hulu wrestles with the role she is expected to play as a mother, a wife and a woman. To unravel her personal wants and needs, she takes the film’s narrative into her own hands, exploring her burning past and her uncertain future. Both because of her fellow women and despite them, Hulu holds on to the desire to define her own path and gradually unveils the secrets she has kept close to her chest.



Stories by Huluager Endeshaw, Endal Gedif, Welela Assaye, Sirkalem Teshome
​​A Creative Collaboration With The Community Of Megendi

Festivals/Awards
2021
Honourable Mention – 64 DOK Leipzig, international competition, world premiere
2022
Achtung Berlin FF
37 DOK.fest Munich
HRFF Zurich
MIFF Mumbai
2023
nominated ROMAN BRODMANN Preis
Best Film at XX Element Competition: Porto Femme
Best Editing at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF)
Best Emerging Filmmaker, Documentary Feature at the Women’s Voices Now

Awards during production:
​​2017 Best Pitch at Empfang der Filmhochschulen, Berlinale
​​2017 Pitch Award of the House of Documentary, DOK.fest Munich
​​2020 German Composition Funding Award for Anna-Marlene Bicking at DOK.fest Munich
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Cast and Crew
  • Director Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Daniel Abate Tilahun (co-director)
  • Producer Sonja Kilbertus, Hiwot Admasu (co-producer), Beza Hailu Lemma (co-producer)
  • Director of Photography Bernarda Cornejo Pinto
  • Editor Andrea Muñoz
  • Sound Alexandra Praet
  • Score Anna-Marlene Bicking
  • Digital Colorist Ana Maria Ormaza
Original Languages

Amharic

Production Company
Evolution Film UG
Dachauer Straße 116, 80636 München

Phone: +49 89 21551981

mail@evolution-film.com
https://evolution-film.com
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