among us women

Movie

Documentary Feature, 93 minutes, Cinemascope

Language: Amharic

Subtitles: German, English, Greek, Basque, French, Spanish

Documentary for festival, special screenings, and TV, in co-production with ZDF I Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, and Efuye Gela Media Productions

In partnership with East Africa Film Production and Mirafilm

Funded by Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Film Fernseh Fonds Bayern and Brot für die Welt, Guzzoni-Federer Stiftung für Zusammenlebn und Solidarität, Peacox now, NuruWomen

A creative collaboration with the community of Megendi

Winner of the Pitch Award of the House of Documentary Film at the 32nd DOK.fest Munich

Start of shooting: September 2018

Completion: Autumn 2021

World premiere: 26.10.2021, DOK Leipzig, International Competition

TEAM

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Sarah Noa Bozenhardt

CO-DIRECTOR Daniel Abate Tilahun

PRODUCER Sonja Kilbertus

CO-PRODUCERS Hiwot Admasu Getaneh, Beza Hailu Lemma

CINEMATOGRAPHER Bernarda Cornejo Pinto

EDITOR Andrea Muñoz

EDITING ASSISTANT Laura Espinel, Juan Carlos Bautista

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Bernarda Cornejo

COMPOSITION Anna-Marlene Bicking

SOUNDDESIGN Alexandra Praet

HEAD OF TRANSLATION Lewam Fsehaye

PRODUCTION MANAGER ZDF Vanessa Manako

PRODUCTION MANAGER ETHIOPIA Daniel Abate Tilahun

COMMISSIONING EDITORS ZDF Milena Seyberth, Claudia Tronnier, Melvina Kotios and Christian Cloos

Distribution

World-Sales
world distribution rights are still available

Festivals

Film Festival della Lessinia – Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy

24th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival – Johannesburg, South Africa

Moldox / International Film Festival for Social Change – Cahul, Moldova

Zanzibar International Film festival – Stonetown, Tanzania

Mumbai International Film festival – Mumbai, India

Addis Ababa International Film festival – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

DOK.fest Munich, Germany, Student Award competition, Atelier-Conversation – Munich, Germany

Nomination for German Documentary Film Music Award for Anna-Marlene Bicking

Nomination for the VFF Production Award for Sonja Kilbertus

Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos Donostia – San Sebastian Human Rights FF – San Sebastian, Spain

AFI Silver New African Film Festival – Los Angeles, USA

iRep International Documentary Film Festival – Lagos, Nigeria

Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival – Thessaloniki, Greece

Nomination for the Editing Award 2022 at “Deutscher Kamerapreis” for Andrea Muñoz – Cologne, Germany

66th Cork International Film festival – Cork, Ireland

among us women በኛ በሴቶች መካከል

In the village of Megendi, midwifery is changing. With it the question of women’s self-determination. In the midst of change, young Huluager is expecting her fourth child. Despite all medical advice, she wants to give birth at home with traditional midwife Endal. But complications arise during the birth and midwives from the clinic have to intervene.

Between tradition and modernity, patriarchal structures, and the complex power of female companionship, the women wrestle with their relationship to their bodies, to each other, and to all those who want to decide for them.

For more information, please visit the film’s website

www.amonguswomen.de