The Other Side
Webby Award®-winning narrative short filmed in Ethiopia, starring Ethan Herisse from Ava DuVernay's Emmy®-winning Netflix series, WHEN THEY SEE US, and Grammy®-nominated Ethiopian recording artist, Wayna. Selected by 5 Academy Award®-qualifying film festivals. Inspired by a true story. Read our SOCIAL IMPACT COMPANION GUIDE and get involved at theothersideshortfilm.com. WINNER - Webby Award® - International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences WINNER - Best Short - Greenwich International Film Festival WINNER - One to Watch Award - Asian American International Film Festival WINNER - Best Screenplay, Best Performance - Scout Film Festival WINNER - Best Narrative Short - Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival ACADEMY AWARD®-QUALIFYING - Urbanworld Film Festival (HBO, WarnerMedia) ACADEMY AWARD®-QUALIFYING - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (HBO) ACADEMY AWARD®-QUALIFYING - Pan African Film Festival ACADEMY AWARD®-QUALIFYING - Rhode Island International Film Festival (Flickers) ACADEMY AWARD®-QUALIFYING - Hollyshorts Film Festival National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) DCShorts International Film Festival SCAD Savannah Film Festival Washington West Film Festival FOCUS Film Festival Booooooom.tv Premiere Pick Film Shortage Premiere Pick, Best Picks of the Month Omeleto Premiere Pick Filmsupply Films Premiere Pick Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts - A Brave New World Independent Filmmaker Project Z Short Film Showcase "What makes “The Other Side” particularly potent as a piece of storytelling is not just its powerful portrayal of a difficult reality for many children in Ethiopia, but also how it becomes a heartrending portrait of hope: how hope is lost, but also how it is held onto, even with the most fragile and tenuous of realities that are beyond these children’s control." - Kat Ascharya, full review on omeleto.com/254654/
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