Filmfestivals.com met with Andy a young filmmaker preiering his film on th efestival cicruit last septemebre at Montrreal World Film, a low budget Sci Film shot in Ethiopia.
Beti, a young Ethiopian girl has escaped Mussolini's troops and found refuge in the peaceful south of the country. But the Italians are marching closer. Beti's only hope... will come from above!
BETI AND AMARE
2014, Colour, Germany, Ethiopia, Focus on World Cinema
Production Team
Director : Andy Siege
Screenwriter : Andy Siege
Cinematographer : Andy Siege
Editor : Andy Siege
Cast : Hiwot Asres, Pascal Dawson, Binyam Kore, Yonas An Kidane, Delelegne Sharwe, Mahdere H. Sisay
Music : Alula Araya, Levin Karchner
Film production and Sales : Prod.: Andy Siege, Pascal Dawson, Mahdere Sisay, Kalulu Entertainment Ltd., 84 Oberlindau, Francfort 60323 (Allemagne), andreas.siege@web.de / dawson-pascal@live.com
Synopsis
Ethiopia 1936. Beti, a young Ethiopian girl has escaped Mussolini's troops and found refuge in the peaceful south of the country. But the Italians are marching closer. Beti's only hope... will come from above!
Director
Born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1985 to German aid workers, Andy Siege studied writing and film in Canada and political science in England. In 2011 he co-founded the production company Kalulu Entertainment. BETI AND AMARE marks his directorial debut.
