Theodros Teshome

Birth : 1970-01-07, Jimma, Oromia Region of Ethiopia

History

Theodros is known for initiating the revival of the Ethiopian film industry in the early 2000s through the populist successes of his films, and for being one of the primary figures of the new filmmaking boom in the country. Theodros produces, directs, writes and often acts in his own films, and he has produced films that deal with social issues such as HIV, immigration, and violence against women as well as films with nationalistic content. Theodros produced and directed two of the highest grossing Ethiopian films of all time, Abay vs. Vegas (2011 G.C./2003 E.C.) and Kezkaza Welafegn (2003 G.C./1995 E.C.). He is the owner of Teddy Studios, one of the largest producers of films in Ethiopia, and Sebastopol Entertainment PLC (Sebastopol Cinema), which operates the biggest chain of private cinemas in Addis Ababa and other cities in Ethiopia, giving him significant control in both the production and distribution of films in the country. Sebastopol theater chains are dedicated to showing exclusively Ethiopian films across the country.

Movies

Sost Maezen
Story
Kaleab and Jemal are two who are willing to endure any travail to reach America and what they deem as a promise of a better life, but is it? Along the way Kaleab meets Winta, who is from neighboring Eritrea and on a similar journey as Kaleab. Kaleab and Winta fall in love with each other as the group of Ethiopians and Eritreans travel an arduous and illegal path from East Africa through Libya, Italy, Mexico and finally to America, but their love for each other is tested thoroughly as the group meets up with violence, sickness and, ultimately, tragedy.
Sost Maezen
Writer
Kaleab and Jemal are two who are willing to endure any travail to reach America and what they deem as a promise of a better life, but is it? Along the way Kaleab meets Winta, who is from neighboring Eritrea and on a similar journey as Kaleab. Kaleab and Winta fall in love with each other as the group of Ethiopians and Eritreans travel an arduous and illegal path from East Africa through Libya, Italy, Mexico and finally to America, but their love for each other is tested thoroughly as the group meets up with violence, sickness and, ultimately, tragedy.
Sost Maezen
Producer
Kaleab and Jemal are two who are willing to endure any travail to reach America and what they deem as a promise of a better life, but is it? Along the way Kaleab meets Winta, who is from neighboring Eritrea and on a similar journey as Kaleab. Kaleab and Winta fall in love with each other as the group of Ethiopians and Eritreans travel an arduous and illegal path from East Africa through Libya, Italy, Mexico and finally to America, but their love for each other is tested thoroughly as the group meets up with violence, sickness and, ultimately, tragedy.
Sost Maezen
Director
Kaleab and Jemal are two who are willing to endure any travail to reach America and what they deem as a promise of a better life, but is it? Along the way Kaleab meets Winta, who is from neighboring Eritrea and on a similar journey as Kaleab. Kaleab and Winta fall in love with each other as the group of Ethiopians and Eritreans travel an arduous and illegal path from East Africa through Libya, Italy, Mexico and finally to America, but their love for each other is tested thoroughly as the group meets up with violence, sickness and, ultimately, tragedy.
Abay Vs. Vegas
Producer
A love triangle stretching from Bahir Dahr to Las Vegas. Theodros Teshome's film surpassed his own Kezkaza Welafen as Ethiopia's highest grossing film.
Abay Vs. Vegas
Writer
A love triangle stretching from Bahir Dahr to Las Vegas. Theodros Teshome's film surpassed his own Kezkaza Welafen as Ethiopia's highest grossing film.
Abay Vs. Vegas
Director
A love triangle stretching from Bahir Dahr to Las Vegas. Theodros Teshome's film surpassed his own Kezkaza Welafen as Ethiopia's highest grossing film.
Abay Vs. Vegas
A love triangle stretching from Bahir Dahr to Las Vegas. Theodros Teshome's film surpassed his own Kezkaza Welafen as Ethiopia's highest grossing film.
Fiker Siferd
Director
A sequel to the most successful Ethiopian film of all-time, Theodros Teshome's Kezkaza Welafen (2003). Starring Teshome himself as Ali, a cop trying to catch a serial rapist-killer, whilst falling in love with a rather mysterious woman, Joanna (Martha Adugna), in the process. Like the first movie, Fiker Siferd deals with a kind of horrifying, anxiety-ridding issue facing modern Ethiopians: violence against women.
Fiker Siferd
Producer
A sequel to the most successful Ethiopian film of all-time, Theodros Teshome's Kezkaza Welafen (2003). Starring Teshome himself as Ali, a cop trying to catch a serial rapist-killer, whilst falling in love with a rather mysterious woman, Joanna (Martha Adugna), in the process. Like the first movie, Fiker Siferd deals with a kind of horrifying, anxiety-ridding issue facing modern Ethiopians: violence against women.
Fiker Siferd
Director of Photography
A sequel to the most successful Ethiopian film of all-time, Theodros Teshome's Kezkaza Welafen (2003). Starring Teshome himself as Ali, a cop trying to catch a serial rapist-killer, whilst falling in love with a rather mysterious woman, Joanna (Martha Adugna), in the process. Like the first movie, Fiker Siferd deals with a kind of horrifying, anxiety-ridding issue facing modern Ethiopians: violence against women.
Fiker Siferd
Ali
A sequel to the most successful Ethiopian film of all-time, Theodros Teshome's Kezkaza Welafen (2003). Starring Teshome himself as Ali, a cop trying to catch a serial rapist-killer, whilst falling in love with a rather mysterious woman, Joanna (Martha Adugna), in the process. Like the first movie, Fiker Siferd deals with a kind of horrifying, anxiety-ridding issue facing modern Ethiopians: violence against women.
Fiker Siferd
Writer
A sequel to the most successful Ethiopian film of all-time, Theodros Teshome's Kezkaza Welafen (2003). Starring Teshome himself as Ali, a cop trying to catch a serial rapist-killer, whilst falling in love with a rather mysterious woman, Joanna (Martha Adugna), in the process. Like the first movie, Fiker Siferd deals with a kind of horrifying, anxiety-ridding issue facing modern Ethiopians: violence against women.
Kezkaza Welafen
Director
Set in the Sidist Kilo campus of Addis Ababa University, Kezkaza Welafen directly addresses the social tensions of everyday life for Ethiopian university students with the dangers of HIV/AIDS as its central theme. It follows the story of the female protagonist Selam, a promising university student and advocate for the prevention of HIV/AIDS who secretly believes she too is living with the disease.
Kezkaza Welafen
Producer
Set in the Sidist Kilo campus of Addis Ababa University, Kezkaza Welafen directly addresses the social tensions of everyday life for Ethiopian university students with the dangers of HIV/AIDS as its central theme. It follows the story of the female protagonist Selam, a promising university student and advocate for the prevention of HIV/AIDS who secretly believes she too is living with the disease.
Kezkaza Welafen
Director of Photography
Set in the Sidist Kilo campus of Addis Ababa University, Kezkaza Welafen directly addresses the social tensions of everyday life for Ethiopian university students with the dangers of HIV/AIDS as its central theme. It follows the story of the female protagonist Selam, a promising university student and advocate for the prevention of HIV/AIDS who secretly believes she too is living with the disease.
Kezkaza Welafen
Writer
Set in the Sidist Kilo campus of Addis Ababa University, Kezkaza Welafen directly addresses the social tensions of everyday life for Ethiopian university students with the dangers of HIV/AIDS as its central theme. It follows the story of the female protagonist Selam, a promising university student and advocate for the prevention of HIV/AIDS who secretly believes she too is living with the disease.
Red Mistake
Writer
An indictment of the atrocities and conflict caused by Ethiopia's Dergue Regime.
Red Mistake
Producer
An indictment of the atrocities and conflict caused by Ethiopia's Dergue Regime.
Red Mistake
Director
An indictment of the atrocities and conflict caused by Ethiopia's Dergue Regime.