The compelling “Difret” is a small film with a lot on its mind. Authentic and affecting, this drama about fighting against the Ethiopian tradition of abducting young girls into marriage is potent ...

Angelina Jolie exec produced Zeresenay Berhane Mehari's debut about the kidnapping of a rural Ethiopian girl. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Angelina Jolie was an executive producer on the ...

The debut feature of Ethiopian director Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, which has Angelina Jolie on board as an executive producer, is headlined by local star Meron Getnet. By Boyd van Hoeij Difret Film ...

In 1996, Hirut, a 14-year-old student in rural Ethiopia, runs carefree through the countryside after being commended on her school performance by a teacher. Moments later, she's swept up by a group of ...

The Ethiopian film Difret, directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, wins the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The film crew includes L.A. based Polish ...

>> DIFRET WAS ETHIOPIA'S SUBMISSION TO THE ACADEMY AWARDS FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM. WHILE IT DIDN'T MAKE THE SHORT LIST IN HOLLYWOOD, IT HAS WON AUDIENCE AWARDS AT SUNDANCE AND THE BERLIN FILM ...

PARK CITY, Utah — When Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, newly arrived in the United States to continue his education, wrote to his father in Ethiopia that he’d decided to study film, the reaction was not ...

Angelina Jolie's acclaimed film about the kidnap and rape of a 14-year-old girl in Ethiopia has helped burnish her image as a human rights campaigner. But the Hollywood star is at the centre of ...

Only one film from sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa) has ever won an Academy Award for foreign-language film. That is “Black and White in Color” back in 1976, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud ...

Illuminating a tradition in much of rural Ethiopia that grossly violates the rights of women and girls, “Difret” presents an important message, albeit in rather clunky narrative terms. More showing ...