Ethiopia and Italy / 2011 / 52mins / Documentary / Amharic and Afaan Oromo

The story of a young Ethiopian pastoralist who escapes his arranged marriage to fulfill a dream. An apparently normal student who is willing to reach a balance between his tribe's customs and the dream of becoming an educated man. A life straddled between tradition and modernity, and a commitment to discover the good in both.

Claudia Palazzi

Claudia Palazzi is a sociologist and a filmmaker. In 2005, she directed two documentaries (In Benito’s Land. Predappio and Memories of Crespi d’Adda), selected in various international festivals. Since 2006, she has supervised the scriptwriting of historical and news independent documentaries. Her work in the film industry also includes collaborations with Lucky Red Production Company and Janus International. In 2008, she started working with major Italian Production Companies and TV Channels (Endemol S.R.L., Zodiak Active, Current, Cult, Italia 1, Fox Channels and Sky 1) as an assistant director on several documentary series and fictional documentaries focused on modern society and culture: Erotika Italiana, Business of Sex, Addiction, Gossip History, Italian Doomsday Preppers, etc. In 2011 she co-directed her first full-length documentary Jeans and Martò with Clio Sozzani. Jeans & Martó was the winner of the best documentary award at Cinestrat, International Documentary Film Festival in Spain. Learn More

Clio Sozzani

Clio Sozzani is an anthropologist and a filmmaker. She has worked in Ethiopia and Senegal for International Development Cooperation Projects. For the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she managed a program, Behavioural Change Communication, directing spots and awareness-raising videos. She has been working as a film director for different production companies and non-profit organizations. Together with Claudia Palazzi, she wrote a film on women’s entrepreneurship, which won the funding of the Italian Film Commission; she also directed two short social documentaries that were selected in Leipzig, Milan, Rome, Venice Film Festivals. In addition, she has developed a web documentary for Slow Food International. Learn More