Kistet film releases
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A new film starring Fekadu Teklemariam,
Direbwork Seifu, Solomon Bogale, Seife Araya and Roman Befkadu,
was released on Tuesday of this week at the National Theatre.
A film by Yared Production, Kistet is written by the co-writer
of 11th Hour Eneyew Dechasa, and directed by Alemtsehai Bekele.
In Kistet over 400 cast and crew have participated but the major
characters only amount to a dozen.
It has taken over two years for the makers to come up with the
film. And the producer states that looking for the director, scriptwriter
and cast has taken the longer portion of that time. “We
wanted to have new faces in the film, and that has taken some
time. But we were not entirely successful in our recruiting”,
Sisay Tefera the producer of the film and General Manager of Yared
Film told SSI.
Sisay has never taken part in film production before. But the
experience he has had touring around the countryside screening
local films on a projector has given him exposure on the demand
for Ethiopian films.
The producer of the film declined to comment on the cost of the
film, but he has commented that as the payment for filmmakers
has increased tremendously over the years it has cost him a lot
of money. Filmed in Addis Ababa, Langano and Nazereth towns the
film has had a critic viewing before its public screening.
“I don’t know why, but we have been getting mainly
positive comments. And it would have been nicer if we could get
constructive comments on what we should correct”, he explains.
The unsynchronized loud sound was something that has been criticized
in the film. The final conclusion of the film is also somewhat
vague and on those two points the makers have received criticisms.
But the producer stated that the sound system at the National
Theatre was the reason for the sudden loud sounds.
The picture quality has made this film earn applause. And the
Gudifecha’s cameraman Omar Mohammed has taken the credit
for the shooting of this film.
August 24, 2007
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