Lezare (For Today) is a 2009 Ethiopian short film by director Zelalem Woldemariam. It won the prize for the best short film at the 2010 Amakula International Film Festival[1] and the young jury award for best short film at the 2010 African Film Festival of Cordoba.[2]

Lezare (For Today)
Directed byZelalem Woldemariam
Screenplay byZelalem Woldemariam
Produced byZeleman Production
StarringBinyam Teshome Fantu Mandoyr Mesfin Alemu Yemeserach Gembero Almaze Bekele
CinematographyTobias Wettstein
Edited byMark Morgan
Music byDebo Band
Release date
  • 2009 (2009)
Running time
14'
CountryEthiopia

Synopsis

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A small homeless boy, Abush, wakes up hungry early in the morning in a small village. Right in front of where he is sleeping, there is a bakery. Abush can smell the bread, but he does not have any money. He starts to beg to buy bread but no one pays him any attention. The villagers are busy preparing for the tree-planting event that afternoon. Finally, an elderly man gives Abush some money, but asks him to help with the tree-planting first. But the day is long and getting food is hard.

References

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  1. ^ Dovey, L. (2015). Curating Africa in the Age of Film Festivals. Springer. p. 8. ISBN 9781137404145.
  2. ^ Shinn, David H.; Ofcansky, Thomas P. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press. p. 172. ISBN 9780810874572.
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Lezare at IMDb