Hiwot Admasu Getaneh

After studying engineering, she joined the Blue Nile Film Academy where, in 2015, she directed her first short film, NEW EYES, which screened at Venice and Toronto. Her short documentary, LETTERS FROM ETHIOPIA, was selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam. She is an alumna of Berlinale Talents, Durban Talents and the Locarno Summer Academy, among others, and has participated in the Realness African Screenwriters Residency.