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''Lamb'' is a 2015 Ethiopian
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directed by
Yared Zeleke Yared Zeleke is an Ethiopian film director from Addis Ababa. He has an M.F.A. in Writing and Directing from New York University. His first feature film, ''Lamb'', was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a ...
. It was screened in the
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section at the
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. It was the first Ethiopian film to be included in the Official Selection. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the
2015 Toronto International Film Festival The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015. On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's ''Demolition'' starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naom ...
. The film was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the
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at the
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but it was not nominated.


Plot

An Ethiopian boy whose mother recently died is placed by his father with relatives, together with his sheep. His host wants him to sacrifice his lamb for the upcoming religious feast, and the homesick boy decides to protect his sheep in the hopes of returning to his home village.


Cast

* Rediat Amare as Ephraïm * Kidist Siyum as Tsion * Welela Assefa as Emama * Surafel Teka as Solomon * Rahel Teshome as Azeb * Indris Mohamed as Abraham * Bitania Abraham as Mimi


Reception

Marinell Haegelin wrote for kinoctics.com this film was "part poignant drama, part
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". The cast was praised as "endear(ing)".


See also

*
List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award ...
*
List of Ethiopian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Ethiopia submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for the first time in 2010. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture pr ...


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* 2015 films 2015 drama films 2015 directorial debut films Ethiopian drama films Amharic-language films Films about sheep {{2010s-drama-film-stub