Films about young Africans trying to fulfill their dreams in the face of war, poverty, tradition and other forms of adversity have been submitted for Oscar consideration by three East African nations.
The selections by Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda to compete in the international feature film category reflect the relative youth of filmmaking in the region, which has never received an Academy Award nomination.
Ethiopia has chosen Jan Philipp Weyl’s “Running Against the Wind,” the story of two brothers whose lives take very different paths when they decide to follow their dreams – one to become an Olympic runner, the other a photographer. It features a cameo by gold medal-winning distance runner Haile Gebrselassie.
Shot in Ethiopia’s native language, Amharic, which Weyl speaks, the movie is an Ethiopian-German Co-Production produced by Negarit Film Academy & Productions and AC Independent Film in association with R&b Film. It’s Ethiopia’s...
The selections by Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda to compete in the international feature film category reflect the relative youth of filmmaking in the region, which has never received an Academy Award nomination.
Ethiopia has chosen Jan Philipp Weyl’s “Running Against the Wind,” the story of two brothers whose lives take very different paths when they decide to follow their dreams – one to become an Olympic runner, the other a photographer. It features a cameo by gold medal-winning distance runner Haile Gebrselassie.
Shot in Ethiopia’s native language, Amharic, which Weyl speaks, the movie is an Ethiopian-German Co-Production produced by Negarit Film Academy & Productions and AC Independent Film in association with R&b Film. It’s Ethiopia’s...
- 9/17/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Uganda has submitted T. Steve Ayeny's Kony: Order From Above for the international feature category at the 2020 Academy Awards, making the first ever submissions to the Oscars.
Inspired by true events, Kony: Order From Above tells a story of two teenagers, Otti and Aguti, who fall in love during the tumultuous Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in North Uganda.
Soon enough, Otti and Aguti get separated when Otti is abducted and unsuccessfully tries to escape.
Years later, Otti and Aguti meet again. By then, Otti has become Lra rebel leader Joseph Kony's favorite and most trusted soldier. Kony ...
Inspired by true events, Kony: Order From Above tells a story of two teenagers, Otti and Aguti, who fall in love during the tumultuous Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in North Uganda.
Soon enough, Otti and Aguti get separated when Otti is abducted and unsuccessfully tries to escape.
Years later, Otti and Aguti meet again. By then, Otti has become Lra rebel leader Joseph Kony's favorite and most trusted soldier. Kony ...
- 9/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Uganda has submitted T. Steve Ayeny's Kony: Order From Above for the international feature category at the 2020 Academy Awards, making the first ever submissions to the Oscars.
Inspired by true events, Kony: Order From Above tells a story of two teenagers, Otti and Aguti, who fall in love during the tumultuous Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in North Uganda.
Soon enough, Otti and Aguti get separated when Otti is abducted and unsuccessfully tries to escape.
Years later, Otti and Aguti meet again. By then, Otti has become Lra rebel leader Joseph Kony's favorite and most trusted soldier. Kony ...
Inspired by true events, Kony: Order From Above tells a story of two teenagers, Otti and Aguti, who fall in love during the tumultuous Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in North Uganda.
Soon enough, Otti and Aguti get separated when Otti is abducted and unsuccessfully tries to escape.
Years later, Otti and Aguti meet again. By then, Otti has become Lra rebel leader Joseph Kony's favorite and most trusted soldier. Kony ...
- 9/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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