Rift Finfinnee

by Daniel Kötter
  • 2020 Blinker Filmproduktion GmbH
  • 2020 Blinker Filmproduktion GmbH
  • 2020 Blinker Filmproduktion GmbH
  • 2020 Blinker Filmproduktion GmbH
  • 2020 Blinker Filmproduktion GmbH

    Synopsis

    The film Rift Finfinnee takes the viewer on a journey through the periphery of Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. In strictly composed images and a soundtrack that interweaves the original conversations in a complex way, the film takes the concrete geography, architecture and the every day life of individual agricultural and construction workers in the east of Addis Ababa (in Oromo: Finfinnee) as the starting point for an allegorical narrative about the becoming urban of African societies on the edge of civil war.

    with Milkesa Takele, Kokeb Solomon, Tsedeke Woldu, Maheder Gebremedhin and many others

    Festivals

    2020
    DEFA Sponsoring Prize — 63 DOK Leipzig — German Competition
    Ji.hlava IDFF — Opus Bonum
    Duisburger Filmwoche
    Kassel Dokfest
    doclisboa

    2021
    28 Hot Docs across Canada online