Menged

Daniel Taye Workou

Quinzaine 2006 | Short film | 20 min

In the Ethiopian countryside a lot can happen on the long way to the market. A father and his son follow all the people’s good adviceand come back to their senses. Adaptation of a folk Tale.

Artistic & technical sheet

With
Bewkatu Belete
Shewaferaw Dessalegn

Screenplay
Daniel Taye Workou

Image
Ian Blumers

Sound
Clemens Wetteskind

Editing
Gregorio Sebastio

Music
Shanko

Set decoration
Daniel Aklilu, Baye Lakew

Production : BiraBiro Films Meseret Argaw, Solomon Bekele Bole 03, House#566 POBox 80343 Addis Ababa Ethiopie Tél : +251 911 249 033 birabirofilms@gmail.com www.birabirofilms.com

Daniel Taye Workou, born 1969 in Berlin of Ethiopian origin. He graduates in International Relations and works for several NGO’s before entering the Graduate Film Program at Columbia University, New York. He goes on to shoot music documentaries, videos and concert films. He is cofounder of BiraBiro Films, Ethiopia. Menged his first fiction short has been shot in and around his grandfather’s village in Ethiopia.

Screenings in Cannes