Film

Kezkaza Welafen

Director

Theodros Teshome

Year

2003

The first big hit in Ethiopian cinema, the breakthrough that opened the doors for that followed

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.