Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian, commonly credited as Alamork Davidian in English, is an

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

n-Israeli film director."Alamork Marsha heads to Ethiopia for 'Fig Tree' shoot"
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Screen Daily ''Screen International'' is a British film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by Media Business Insight, a British B2B media company. The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global film business. ...

'', July 10, 2016. Her directorial debut, ''

Fig Tree ''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending int ...

'', was an Ophir Award nominee for Best Picture in 2018. ''Fig Tree'' was based in part on her own childhood in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

prior to emigrating to Israel. She is married to film director and producer Kobi Davidian. At the

2018 Toronto International Film Festival The 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 6 to 16, 2018. In June 2018, the TIFF organizers announced a program to ensure that at least 20 percent of all film critics and journalists given press accreditation to ...

, she won the Eurimages Audentia Award for Best Female Director for ''Fig Tree''."‘Green Book’ Takes Toronto Film Festival’s 2018 People’s Choice Award"
'' Variety'', September 16, 2018.

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* Ethiopian film directors Israeli film directors Ethiopian emigrants to Israel People from Addis Ababa Living people Israeli women film directors Year of birth missing (living people) {{Israel-bio-stub